You sure - I mean it's not like the publisher of Image came on here and said, oops, no sorry, it wasn't a 500 issue variant. I printed an extra 350 for myself and my buddies.
Oh wait....yes he did...
Stuff like that doesn't get forgotten. You can't just announce a 500 print variant and then go add as many extra as you want for yourself and you mates,all of which end up on ebay or with some of the Con sycophants. (insert appropriate names as you wish)
Thats why I believe that there should just be 1st,2nd,3rd prints etc with as many printed as needed to satisfy demand.
Equal playing field for all, wether you are a completionist,flipper or collector.