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Tpatna Pillar of the Community United States 1626 Posts	Posted 06/01/2006 02:21 am I know this is from Canada, and looking on ebay I found some similar ones, however there were a few of this year that seem to be selling for alot (1953 Shoulder Fold Far leaf Mule) I'm not sure what to look for to see if this is one or not.....What is a Shoulder Fold Far leaf Mule? Thanks, Tim Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16845 Posts	Posted 06/01/2006 05:00 am According to my (very old and battered) 1983 edition of Charleton, the "shoulder fold" refers to a seam on the Queen's dress, put there to make Her Majesty look a little less, um, "topless". It runs in an arc from the front of the base of her neck to the base of the bust truncation; I think I see it on your coin. The catalogue also says that the letter "I"s in the legend have flared ends; "foldless" "I"s are straight-sided. As to the near-leaf/far-leaf, I assume it's on the reverse. My Charleton merely says that "the reverses combined with the two obverses also show slight differences" - they obviously hadn't discovered the "mules" in 1983. Presumably, "fold" are normally found with "near leaf", and "foldless" with "far leaf". I assume it's got something to do with the maple leaves either side of the denomination, and their distance from either the beaver, the rim or the denomination. Krause only mentions the existence of four varieties, with no helpful pics. Four? Apparently, a foldless/near-leaf "mule" also exists - the scarcest of the lot. Can anyone with a more recent version of Charleton shed more light on this? Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Tpatna Pillar of the Community United States 1626 Posts	Posted 06/01/2006 05:48 am Thanks for all your help Sap. This information is great. Report this Post to the Staff
TheForce Pillar of the Community United States 4870 Posts	Posted 06/01/2006 08:37 am Cool nickel! Report this Post to the Staff
bromac Valued Member Canada 195 Posts	Posted 06/09/2006 6:58 pm It looks to me like a shoulder fold,near leaf. The near leaf refers do the distance of the maple leaf from the rim on the reverse of the coin.It's not totally clear but the letter "I" in the word DEI on the obverse looks to be straight,not flared, making it a shoulder fold variety. Bill Report this Post to the Staff
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