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rocky Pillar of the Community Canada 2784 Posts	Posted 11/06/2017 8:49 pm i purchased a coin collection. I have started to go through this collection. I found this 50 cent coin marked as a mule. looking for information. could some one explain why this coin would be marked as a mule. here is some images of the coin. any help greatly appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff

SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10458 Posts	Posted 11/06/2017 10:05 pm That is the small beads, low relief obverse die. Most 1982 50-cent coins are of the large beads, high relief obverse. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21616 Posts	Posted 11/07/2017 08:29 am I wouldn't call it a mule. It is a variety, one of two issued for 1982. Large Bead and Small Bead. It is the more valuable of the two varieties though. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10458 Posts	Posted 11/07/2017 09:43 am It is a mule. It is the unintentional use of that obverse die... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 11/07/2017 10:01 am Quote: It is a mule. It is the unintentional use of that obverse die... What was the intent, then? Was it a trial design not chosen for production? Report this Post to the Staff
ace_ftw Pillar of the Community Canada 1747 Posts	Posted 11/07/2017 6:49 pm In this case I think it was either an unintentional error in leaving an old die in the machine, or they wanted to save money by using an old die. Report this Post to the Staff
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