1976 mule Canadian Olympic Coin

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  1. jannie

    jannie Junior Member

    Over 30 years ago, I acquired a newly-minted (it's still in the plastic case) Series I 1976 mule olympic coin. There was a mixup in the obverse and reverse dies creating a wrong-dated mule for the Series 1 $10 coin featuring the World Map design. On one side is the world map design with the date of 1976, on the reverse (Queen Elizabeth) side, the date is 1974.

    According to an article written on the topic, the error involved the "muling" of an uncirculated Series I $10 reverse with a Series II obverse, which gave the Series I coin the wrong date. All of the Series I coins were supposed to be dated 1973 and the Series II pieces 1974. The article states that there were an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 specimens struck.

    I was curious as to what this coin might be worth.

    Thanks!
     
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  3. Ripley

    Ripley Senior Member

    A photo would be nice hon... Help us to help you. Traci:)
     
  4. cladking

    cladking Coin Collector

    These were selling for very strong prices at one time but I haven't heard of any prices in quite a while. If there were really so many made the price might be down now. This is the first estimate I've heard.

    Have you checked eBay?
     
  5. jannie

    jannie Junior Member

    I did try to check eBay, but did not find it. I looked under a few different search words/terms but came up empty-handed. Any ideas on search terms that I might try?
    Thanks!
     
  6. cladking

    cladking Coin Collector

    ...Just the obvious ones like "mule".

    You might try "wrong", "km# 86.2", or "86.2" as well.
     
  7. Defiant7

    Defiant7 Enjoy the Insanity

    The 63rd edition of Charlton places the value at
    MS-65 $350
    MS-66 $450
     
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