New To Forum. Can Anyone Help Me, 2014 100 Years Of Anzac's Mule Coin.

There's a big long discussion about it on the Australian Coin Forum, but we were unable to find any definitive proof that it's a genuine error rather than a fake. Someone claimed to have found one in Newcastle and handed it in to a reputable coin dealer, but the photos weren't clear enough, so he asked for the coin back again to take more photos, but never received it.

Because no one else has claimed to have found such a coin, and the only person who does claim to have found one won't submit it for further examination, I'm of the opinion that this coin is fake/fraudulent, but I'm willing to change my mind if a reliable coin dealer is able to verify its existence.

There are people in Australia who will grade it, but most collectors prefer to get it done overseas by PCGS. There's always an inherent risk with sending stuff overseas, so you'd have to take out insurance, but PCGS is seen as much more reliable than our own Australian graders.

My fear if PCGS graded they would not recognise it as a mule and even if they did it would just be their opinion, not an authentication. I would be building up a case as to why it is a mule and hittting the ram up.

Until the RAM have agreed that it's a genuine Mule, it's going to be a bit up in the air. They will have the final say, but with just this 1 example, I doubt they'll be too keen to admit anything.

I am leaning a bit towards it being the real thing and soon I hope to be able to show people why I have this opinion.

I have actually seen and touched the coin and believe it is a mule....but that is just my professional opinion. I would be building up a case and then get the RAMs opinion.

Sorry everyone, Its all sorted now, everyone is relaxed again.
This is the coin, I hope the pictures are clear enough for you all to give your opinion. Thankyou.

So I should contact RAM about this coin? I really have no idea what to do about this whole subject, nearly wish I had not brought it.

There are 4 Coin obverses in this image which should be self explanatory. The 2000 Mule obv is mine.

The reason I put these images together was that I noticed the variance of distance between HM's hair and II in the legend, when comparing CoinFreak666's image to one on The ACF.

So I decided to get together 4 images which might help sort things out. Then I saw that the front curl of HM's hair was also differently placed on the 2014 coin, so it's obvious that the 10c obv on the 2014 coin, is larger than the Obv on the 10c 2000 coin.

There are 4 things I would like to know/see about the 2014 ANZAC $1;

Exact diameter of the coin (bigfella says 25.05mm) .05 larger than standard $1
Exact weight of the coin (bigfella says 9g) same as standard $1
Some really close-up in-focus shots of the rim
Some really close-up in-focus shots of the edge

If no more examples of this coin come to light, it is possible that this one might be;

a) Mint Sport, one off
b) Meticulously manufactured Magician's coin - probably one off, very close examination with a good loupe should reveal this
c) small possibility of a really well centred Collar error (this might explain the coin being slightly wider), but not the difference in HM's head size.