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Here is one for you to 'mule' over (pardon the pun!). What about the 5-cent no chrome coins from 1944-45, and from 1951-54. The strike is no different from a chromium plated coin, and there is no damage to the die... You can also get the 1953 mule 5-cent coins, in no-chrome (quite rare). Planchet error, or variety?

Other Canadian 'varieties', I don't think are varieties at all. Take the 1859 brass cent, as an example. I think this is a mixing error of the original poured ingot, prior to rolling. You can see the same thing in 5-cent Cu-Ni coins from the mid-1980s, where differential cooling resulted in poorly mixed ingots, yielding Cu-rich brown 5c coins. Both examples to me, are errors, and not intentionally struck as varieties.

Where does hub doubling fit in? The dies are struck from the master hub, so the design elements are indeed part of the die (1974 double yoke nickel dollar). Variety? Hub damage? Error?

I guess my point is that trying to hammer all these square pegs into two distinct round holes can be difficult, but it is these nuances that make coin collecting so much fun.

Hi. I do sometimes wonder about Canadian coin mules. What astounds me is how some people don't research or reads anymore.Having said this I have just begun to do this myself because there are so varied opinions out there.Day before yesterday a new Canadian penny sold for thirteen dollars on ebay.A Rare Magnetic penny.Man I have a lot of them I hope it is true.Most of the new ones are able to be picked up by a magnet.On another subject.What about the nickle bug tail beaver coins is this really a mule I have three. Charley