2000 Sacagawea dollar – Washington quarter mule
United States | |
Value | .25 and 1 United States dollar (different face value inscribed on each side) |
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Mass | 8.100 g (0.26 troy oz) |
Diameter | 26.49 mm (1.043 in) |
Thickness | 2.00 mm (0.079 in) |
Edge | Plain |
Composition | Core: 100% Cu Cladding: 77% Cu, 12% Zn, 7% Mn, 4% Ni Overall: 88.5% Cu, 6% Zn, 3.5% Mn, 2% Ni[1] |
Years of minting | 2000 |
Mint marks | P |
Obverse | |
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Design | George Washington |
Designer | John Flanagan (original) / (modification to Flanagan's design) |
Design date | 1999 |
Reverse | |
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Design | Soaring eagle |
Designer | Thomas D. Rogers |
Design date | 2000 |
The 2000 Sacagawea dollar – Washington quarter mule is an error coin featuring the obverse of a Washington quarter (specifically a ) and the reverse of a Sacagawea dollar struck on a gold-colored dollar coin planchet. It is one of the first known authentic mule coins to be released into circulation by the United States Mint.[2]
History[]
Mule coins were deliberately produced by US Mint employees for sale to coin collectors in the mid-1800s.[3] However, no authentic (accidental) mules of United States currency were known to exist. This changed in the 1990s, when a Lincoln cent (dated 1993-D) with the reverse of a Roosevelt dime were discovered.[note 1][5] In 2000, Frank Wallis of Arkansas discovered a Sacagawea dollar with the obverse of a Washington quarter.[6]
List of known coins[]
As of September 2019, 19 examples have been confirmed, 16 of which are owned by a coin collector named Tommy Bolack.[7][8] Three different die pairs have been identified among the examples.[7]
Coin | Die pair | Discovered | Notes |
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1 | #1 | May 2000 | The "Discovery" specimen, owned by Tommy Bolack. Graded MS-66 by the PCGS. |
2 | #2 | before July 2000 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-67 by the NGC. |
3 | #2 | before August 6, 2000 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-66 by the NGC. |
4 | #1 | before September 2000 | Graded MS-65 by the PCGS. |
5 | #3 | September 2000 | Graded MS-67 by the NGC. |
6 | #1 | June 2000 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-66 by the PCGS. |
7 | Unknown | July 2000 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-64 by the NGC. |
8 | #1 | before June 2001 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-66 by the PCGS. |
9 | #1 | before June 2001 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-65 by the PCGS. |
10 | #3 | summer 2000 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-65 by the NGC. |
11 | #1 | before July 2011 | Graded MS-67 by the NGC. |
12 | #1 | before August 2012 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-67 by the NGC. |
13 | #1 | before 2005 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-67 by the NGC. |
14 | #1 | before January 2013 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-66 by the PCGS. |
15 | #1 | before July 2016 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-66 by the PCGS. Featured colorful toning. |
16 | #1 | before May 2017 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-66 by the PCGS. |
17 | #1 | before March 22, 2018 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-67 by the NGC. |
18 | #1 | before January 10, 2019 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-67 by the NGC. The die pairing is not noted on the NGC label. |
19 | #1 | before March 2017 | Owned by Bolack. Graded MS-67 by the NGC. The die pairing is not noted on the NGC label. |
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ United States Mint. "Golden Dollar Coin Design". Retrieved February 16, 2015.
- ^ "(2000)-P SAC$1 Mule w/State 25C Obv (Regular Strike) Sacagawea Dollar - PCGS CoinFacts". PCGS. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- ^ "J220/P250". uspatterns.com. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- ^ "It's a Penny! No, It's a Dime! Either Way, It's Worth More Than 11 Cents". Los Angeles Times. 2000-09-01. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Mules Wrong Anvil Die 1993-D And 1999(P) Cent/Dime Mules". www.error-ref.com. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "2000 Sacagawea/Quarter Dollar Mule". PCGS. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- ^ a b "Error News – Fred Weinberg & Co". Retrieved 2019-05-14.
- ^ "19th known double denomination mule error coin coming to auction". CoinWorld. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
- Twenty-five-cent coins of the United States
- Currencies introduced in 2000
- United States dollar coins
- Mint-made errors
- Cultural depictions of Sacagawea