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Canada
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Saw this on ebay 221988024110It's a 2007 "non mule" petro Canada Alpine Skiing quarter. Has anyone else ever seen one? I thought they were all dated 2008 ( which is supposed to be a mule) Does that technically make it a mule of a mule? Hehe. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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There were a total of 22,400,000 of the 2007 alpine skiing minted of which 50,000 were the 2008 mule.
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 Canada
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But as far as I've seen, all the ones in the petro Canada packs with the color on it, have been 2008. This is the first 2007 in the petro Canada pack I've seen.
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Canada
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Aren't those re-sealable..
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Canada
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Just looking at it, it looks heat sealed closed, and the coin itsself is encapsulated in hard plastic sandwiched between layers of cardboard... I don't own any so I can't check, I'm only going by what I see, if that's the case, I doubt anyone could give it the old switcheroo and still have it look legitimate.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I am almost sure these are not encapsulated, just a vacuum seal.
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Canada
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I had one once and I'm pretty sure they're not vacuum sealed but can easily be opened and re sealed.
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 Canada
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Here are some pictures of the packaging for the 2008 Mule Coin in Petro-Canada Package. The top is sealed above the rack hole. There is another seal, heat seal below at the top of the card. There is also a magnifier plastic disc over top of the coin to help see it on the reverse side. Not sure you could slip another coin into this package without it being noticed. They did catch the error after a while so there could be non mule coins in these packs. Some more info on 2010 Olympic Mules here. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/...b5c7c793ac32   |
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Canada
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Now I remember it comes apart easily along this line.  |
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Canada
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Ohhhh. So you think its a good possibility its been taken out than replaced with one that is dated 2007 and painted? Interesting
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Canada
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I didn't say that...just beware thats all.
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Canada
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I've seen a 2007 coloured one on ebay. They do exist and are rare. I've been on the lookout for one. One went for like $100 a few months ago on ebayEdited by wilsonwu89
01/07/2016 6:53 pm
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Canada
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Just my luck.I've got 10 of the 2008 in the petro package and not one 2007.
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Canada
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Near the end of the Petro Canada ease it was possible to buy the 2007 in the packaging directly from the mint, don't know how many but some were sold.
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Canada
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I think I have 11 of each year .
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Canada
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Now I know why I keep running into these Olympic quarters everywhere, over 22 million. Here I thought it was around 5 million. Are these packaged ones a higher quality or just business strikes.
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Posted 01/06/2016 10:16 pm
