1995 CENT/DIME MULE
Rarity:
Unique
Known examples:
1. NGC MS-64. Owned (as of March 5, 2001) by Bill and Barbara Clark
of Sequoia Numismatics in Berlin, New Jersey.
An NGC MS-64 example of this
mule (#1615815-001) was offered in November 2001 for $47,500. It is
not clear whether (or not) this was the same coin listed above.
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Notes:
This unique mule combines the
obverse of a 1995 Lincoln Head Cent with the reverse of a Roosevelt Dime
on a Copper-Nickel Clad Dime planchet. The edges are fully reeded
but the coin is weakly struck on IN GOD WE TRUST, the L of LIBERTY and the
word OF (on the reverse).
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
Coin World, March 5, 2001, pages 1 and 117
"Dime-cent mule up for
sale", Numismatic News, page 34
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