And to speak of the number of cues made exactly like this... that would be two. At least to the best of anyone's knowledge here at Viking. The exact materials I can't be sure of, but it appears from the photo that I have that the Snakewood and Black IMA inlays were reversed and the Ivory IMA was replaced with a very white material. There may have been a couple of options at the time, but I really cant' be sure unless I saw the cue in person.
The other main differences from the A981 would be the wood on wood joint as well as the all wood butt cap.