Description
The reverse face of 2020 1 oz Proof Missouri Osage Mule Silver Coins includes a depiction of a mule. The mule is a crossbreed animal between the horse and donkey. Specifically, a mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. Mules can be bread to be lightweight, medium weight, or even heavyweight when produced from draft horse females.
- Error coin collecting is a fascinating field in numismatics, both to study and collect. There are also lots of error coins worth money so specialist collecto.
- A mule die clash occurs when two dies that should not have been paired together to strike coins are accidentally or intentionally paired and subsequently are clashed together without a planchet in the collar. This Lincoln Cent discovery coin is the only known mule die clash from the 20th century and is unique to date.
- That makes this 1-oz. Silver Elephant Mule Coin extremely rare and a must for your discriminating collection! What is a “Mule” coin? Just as a mule is the offspring of a horse and a donkey, a mule coin is one struck from two dies which were never intended to be used together.
The Mule Deer takes its name from its oversized ears, stretching up to nine inches from base to tip, which resemble those of a full grown mule.
Large and stocky, adult mule deer can weigh up to five-hundred pounds. Despite their size, they gracefully bound through mountain meadows and wade through streams with ease. Herbivores, Mule Deer feed on a varied diet of herbaceous plants, including blackberry and huckleberry in summer and twigs of aspen and juniper in winter. Easily identifiable because of their elongated ears, Mule Deer can be spotted bounding up and down mountain slopes in search of grazing areas.
This coin features a detailed depiction of a Mule Deer on its obverse. The reverse contains a space for engraving.
This proof-like coin is minted in MerlinGold,® a proprietary brass alloy that simulates the look and feel of gold.
Each coin measures 1 7/8 inch (47mm) in diameter.
This is an NWTMINT surplus item.
| Value | .25 / 1 United States dollar |
|---|---|
| Mass | 8.100 g (0.26 troy oz) |
| Diameter | 26.49 mm (1.043 in) |
| Thickness | 2.00 mm (0.079 in) |
| Edge | Plain |
| Composition | Core: 100% Cu Cladding: 77% Cu, 12% Zn, 7% Mn, 4% Ni Overall: 88.5% Cu, 6% Zn, 3.5% Mn, 2% Ni[1] |
| Years of minting | 2000 |
| Mint marks | P |
| Obverse | |
| Design | George Washington |
| Designer | John Flanagan (original) / William Cousins (modification to Flanagan's design) |
| Design date | 1999 |
| Reverse | |
| Design | Soaring eagle |
| Designer | Thomas D. Rogers |
| Design date | 2000 |
The 2000 Sacagawea dollar – Washington quarter mule is an error coin featuring the obverse of a Washington quarter (specifically a 50 State quarter) and the reverse of a Sacagawea dollar struck on a gold-colored dollar coinplanchet. It is one of the first known authentic mule coins to be released into circulation by the United States Mint.[2]
History[edit]
Mule coins were deliberately produced by US Mint employees for sale to coin collectors in the mid-1800s.[3] However, no authentic (accidental) mules of United States currency were known to exist. This changed in the 1990s, when a Lincoln cent (dated 1993-D) with the reverse of a Roosevelt dime were discovered.[note 1][5] In 2000, Frank Wallis of Arkansas discovered a Sacagawea dollar with the obverse of a Washington quarter.[6]
List of known coins[edit]
As of September 2019, 19 examples have been confirmed, 16 of which are owned by a coin collector named Tommy Bolack.[7][8] Three different die pairs have been identified among the examples.[7]
| Coin | Die pair | Discovered | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #1 | May 2000 | The 'Discovery' specimen, owned by Tommy Bolack. Graded MS-66 by the PCGS. |
| 2 | #2 | before July 2000 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-67 by the NGC. |
| 3 | #2 | before August 6, 2000 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-66 by the NGC. |
| 4 | #1 | before September 2000 | Graded MS-65 by the PCGS. |
| 5 | #3 | September 2000 | Graded MS-67 by the NGC. |
| 6 | #1 | June 2000 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-66 by the PCGS. |
| 7 | Unknown | July 2000 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-64 by the NGC. |
| 8 | #1 | before June 2001 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-66 by the PCGS. |
| 9 | #1 | before June 2001 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-65 by the PCGS. |
| 10 | #3 | summer 2000 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-65 by the NGC. |
| 11 | #1 | before July 2011 | Graded MS-67 by the NGC. |
| 12 | #1 | before August 2012 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-67 by the NGC. |
| 13 | #1 | before 2005 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-67 by the NGC. |
| 14 | #1 | before January 2013 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-66 by the PCGS. |
| 15 | #1 | before July 2016 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-66 by the PCGS. Featured colorful toning. |
| 16 | #1 | before May 2017 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-66 by the PCGS. |
| 17 | #1 | before March 22, 2018 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-67 by the NGC. |
| 18 | #1 | before January 10, 2019 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-67 by the NGC. The die pairing is not noted on the NGC label. |
| 19 | #1 | before March 2017 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-67 by the NGC. The die pairing is not noted on the NGC label. |
Notes[edit]
- ^A similar Lincoln cent/Roosevelt dime mule dated 1999 is also known, but was discovered after the 2000 dollar coin mule.[4]
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References[edit]
Mule Coin Penny Nickel
- ^United States Mint. 'Golden Dollar Coin Design'. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^'(2000)-P SAC$1 Mule w/State 25C Obv (Regular Strike) Sacagawea Dollar - PCGS CoinFacts'. PCGS. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- ^'J220/P250'. uspatterns.com. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- ^'It's a Penny! No, It's a Dime! Either Way, It's Worth More Than 11 Cents'. Los Angeles Times. 2000-09-01. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^'Mules Wrong Anvil Die 1993-D And 1999(P) Cent/Dime Mules'. www.error-ref.com. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^'2000 Sacagawea/Quarter Dollar Mule'. PCGS. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- ^ ab'Error News – Fred Weinberg & Co'. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- ^'19th known double denomination mule error coin coming to auction'. CoinWorld. Retrieved 2019-08-20.