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Pillar of the Community
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1999 Canada $2 Nunavut Specimen Mule? Value? I found this going through a bulk lot and thought it was gold. My excitement was quickly dampened upon learning it was not gold nor silver. The pics aren't the best; especially the color. So what do you all think? I've searched the board, ebay, and HA for value. I also searched the ol' google machine too. Not much luck. Please shine some expert brilliance upon topic good people of Coin Community Forum.     |
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Pillar of the Community
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What do you think the anomaly is?
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Canada
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CaC is not always a good reference. They made both types that year .. the normal polar bear and 25 million of the Nunavut ones. Yours appears to be what CaC considers a "mule", but mintage figures from the mint are suspect at best. Even if only a few thousand were minted, they were all P/L and maybe many more minted than there ever will be collectors. I'd keep it as an example of an oddity, but I wouldn't hold your breath about getting a huge profit on, unless you can get a newbie to bite.
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Pillar of the Community
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The mule version is worth about 200 bucks if you can find a buyer, there just seems to be a lot of them out there.
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Pillar of the Community
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OK. That's cool.
Thank you all. It is reassuring that its value is at least greater than face and I love numismatic oddities so that's perfect.
Whilst searching this forum I read that some members have happened upon unsavory characters attempting to sell the Nunavut toonies that were struck in precious metals (for collectors) as the error mule coin.
I thought that was interesting as well as disconcerting.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Nunavut mule is only available in the Uncirculated Set (Proof-like).
74 821 sets were produced in total (normal and mule versions), but we don't know how many mules were distributed.
I already read there could be less than 500 of them produced.
The Mint operator used the wrong die (designed for Proof coin) to produce some of these coins.
Edited by SP67
05/11/2020 10:42 am
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Pillar of the Community
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They sell for $200 on ebay. Those priced higher languish forever. I watch them hoping for the price to come down, it doesn't, they seem to be quite stable at the $200 mark. yellow88 keep in mind that's about $140US "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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This price has been quite stable over the last 20 years. Maybe a little bit more for the full PL set or certified Mule. I was lucky to get two of them from the Mint  It's a nice set for any collection. |
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Unless the mint has methodically changed their habits, they sometimes use their P or P/L dies if they need them for circulation strikes, rather than making a few more dies, if needed. That's what I have been told from time to time, as well as previous posts about other coins that were struck from dies that started out for other, better purposes.
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it would have been nice if it was still sealed with the set.. and yes the sterling version with gold plated inner core, looks identical.
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