12-31-2011, 02:51 PM
Jens,
I'll give you my opinion on these. I believe that these "mules" (that's the actual numismatic term referring to the mixing of dies) were made in 1993, as Drill mentioned, as a "rarity" for collectors (in other terms, a thought-out "mistake" that would allow to get more money from eager collectors than the "regular" version). As far as I know, there were no genuine mules struck during the Soviet period (an all-expense-paid one-way trip to Siberia being apparently enough of a deterrent against this type of creativity).
Marc
I'll give you my opinion on these. I believe that these "mules" (that's the actual numismatic term referring to the mixing of dies) were made in 1993, as Drill mentioned, as a "rarity" for collectors (in other terms, a thought-out "mistake" that would allow to get more money from eager collectors than the "regular" version). As far as I know, there were no genuine mules struck during the Soviet period (an all-expense-paid one-way trip to Siberia being apparently enough of a deterrent against this type of creativity).
Marc












