funny.... I just went to swap out the Mach III #ed 001/500 and the one I already had was #002/500 - what are the odds?

1 in 499 since you had the #1 in your hand.

statistically speaking, the odds of having those specific two are 1 in 250,000

You know I was only speaking to the odds that when you pulled the card from your collection, you found it to be #2. You already knew you had #1.

You never said "what are the odds that I would have #1 and #2, not knowing either number".

pedantic, I know.