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Rest in Peace
United States
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Topps created the world's rarest baseball card. Limited edition, only ONE made, numbered accordingly. It was offered on ebay, and sold for around $35.00. Why? Except to say you have the only one, who cares? It'll never be considered to be part of any set, including a set of that team or player. So you have the only one? Guess what? You're the only one interested in it. |
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Canada
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Popularity (demand) drives prices more than rarity, as mentioned. A 1995W US silver eagle had a mintage of 30,000+, and sells for thousands of dollars. A 2006 Canadian gold twoonie had a mintage of just over 2000, and sells in the $500 range. The 2000P 10 cent, along with the 1948 dollar, are some of the most over-rated Canadian coins out there...but people all want to own one, and it drives the price into the thousand(s).
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1cent... these are NOT mules...
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Australia
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One of the best examples of a mule coin is the New Zealand / Bahama Islands 2c, I think that was struck by The Royal Mint. The production run finished for this coin at the end of the die life, at about 80,000 examples. All of them were accidentally issued. The mistake was only revealed then they were discovered in circulation. |
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1cent... these are NOT mules... Yeah sorry about that, I have a habit of going OT. |
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Canada
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How about the Canada / New Zealand $1 1985 Mule?
if anyone wants to see it... I had one and still have Images.
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Canada
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 show us your mule HHB |
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Canada
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Canada
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ok guys here it is. However, it is not mine any longer as I sold it to a BC collector for really good money. But the images are still mine. enjoy looking at it. ICCS graded and verified it as an MS-60/  Edited by hhbkiddo
03/04/2011 1:49 pm
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As with ANY numismatic item........demand will drive the price.......suppy will decide where it rests........
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Canada
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hhbkiddo: Good pic. What is the current value of one of those? I wonder if anyone in New Zealand collects these? I think it is considered exclusively a Canadian mule, since it occurred on a production line for Canadian dollars. Did the RCM make 50 cent pieces for NZ that year? It seems to me Australians are far more into collecting mules than Canadians. Their mules seem to command very high prices relative to rarity (supply) and population (demand). |
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Canada
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I don't understand how mules are worth anything to anyone. They are a mistake and I would rather my self have a mint state beautiful old coin then a mule old coin for the same price.
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Canada
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the new zealand canada mule sold $5300.00 at july RCNA auction in calgary. |
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Supply and demand my friend!
Very few available and very many interested in owning = High $ Value!
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I saw that coin in hand earlier this year. A coin dealer in Ontario consigned it to the RCNA auction. It was probably the baggiest certified MS-60 I have ever seen, so I decided that I will wait for the next on. These things seem to come up for sale every 4-5 years. I know one collector with three of them. "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 OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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