Muled Coins. Rarity And Significance.

Wow, I'm... No, just Wow.

I have a few magic coins I've picked up over the years, one popular trick is called "Scotch & Soda" it is usually available in most magic shops. Now on to actual mule coins...

I don't have any real muled US coins but I do have several nice "Mule Die Clash" coins, from the list below (I'm only missing 4 & 6).

A Mule Die Clash has marks from dies that should never have been paired together in a press. Mule Die Clashes were, until recently, considered a 19th century phenomenon. Six are known from that century:



It's widely suspected that all of these mule clashes are the result of mischief by mint employees.

There has been a modern "Mule Die Clash" Lincoln Cent, a 1999 discovered by Amy Antone, from a pile of pocket change.

See: https://minterrornews.com/discoveri...e-clash.html

Now of course a real mule coin is a major error: The double-denomination 2000-P Sacagawea dollar/Statehood quarter dollar mule error comes to mind right away, discovered by Frank Wallis. So far 19 known now with 3 die pairings. Collector (Tommy Bolack) of New Mexico owns (I believe) 14 of the known examples, so far, including the finest knowns, which have certified by PCGS & NGC at MS67. Error dealer and my friend Fred Weinberg maintains a nice listing of the census of them here http://www.fredweinberg.com/error-news/

Several unique mule coins are known from US patterns and In February 2009, Coin World reported that some 2007 Abigail Adams medals, from the U.S. Mint, were struck using the reverse from the 2008 Louisa Adams medal, apparently by mistake. These pieces were contained within the 2007 First Spouse medal set. The U.S. Mint has not released an estimate of how many mules were made. ebay prices in March 2009 were reported as high as $925.99. (From Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mule_(coin)

MULE COINS are certainly a very interesting segment of coin collecting and an area which probably could do with much more research.

Saint Stephen, hope I answered a few question you brought to the fore front. Sources? PCGS, NGC and ANACS would certify them if found legitimate, legal to own and verified as real and from the mint. PCGS & NGC are the most reputable certification companies in US coinage today in the market, that is where I'd be sending one if I get so lucky.

See my friend Fred Weinberg's site for more info on the 2000-P Sacagawea dollar/Statehood quarter dollar mule errors. Take a look into Mike Diamond's site I linked above as well, you might also try CONECA the error collector club at: https://conecaonline.org/ for more on Muled coins.

Amazing, simply amazing.

westcoin: Thank you so much for the time and care with which you responded. I appreciate it. I wish you had included a photo of the muled die clash coins you possess. Anyone of the six would have done well to educate me. I have one clear die-clash, but not an example from two seperate dies. I will visit the site you recommend as soon as time and circumstance permit. Your input has been most welcome.
All the best.

Icutler. Thank you for your response. But you could be wrong.

yokozuna: Yes, Baltimore is a wonderful city. Nothing like a leisurely stroll along Edmondson Avenue to give one an appreciation of the finer things in life. Did you know that Tom Waites inspiration was the song Baltimore Oriole by Hoagy Carmichael and Paul Webster ?

Sorry but unless you link a source that says as such I can't just take your word for it, even the US treasury says that defacing currency isn't illegal and makes no mention of metal substitution being an exception: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-c...rtraits.aspx



The coins make fairly suitable novelty or magicians coins, and they may not have been made recently, it could have been done back in the 60's when all you would be wasting is 11 cents. Regardless, The fact remains that at some point in time those two coins were altered outside the mint.