2000 Sacagawea dollar – Washington quarter mule

Washington quarter / Sacagawea dollar mule
United States
Value.25 and 1 United States dollar (different face value inscribed on each side)
Mass8.100 g (0.26 troy oz)
Diameter26.49 mm (1.043 in)
Thickness2.00 mm (0.079 in)
EdgePlain
CompositionCore: 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 minting2000
Mint marksP
Obverse
DesignGeorge Washington
DesignerJohn Flanagan (original) / William Cousins (modification to Flanagan's design)
Design date1999
Reverse
DesignSoaring eagle
DesignerThomas D. Rogers
Design date2000

The 2000 Sacagawea dollar – Washington quarter mule is an error coin featuring the obverse of a Washington quarter (specifically a 50 State quarter) 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
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

  1. ^ A similar Lincoln cent/Roosevelt dime mule dated 1999 is also known, but was discovered after the 2000 dollar coin mule.[4]

References

  1. ^ United States Mint. "Golden Dollar Coin Design". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "(2000)-P SAC$1 Mule w/State 25C Obv (Regular Strike) Sacagawea Dollar - PCGS CoinFacts". PCGS. Archived from the original on 2019-05-14. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  3. ^ "J220/P250". uspatterns.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-14. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  4. ^ "It's a Penny! No, It's a Dime! Either Way, It's Worth More Than 11 Cents". Los Angeles Times. 2000-09-01. Archived from the original on 2019-09-23. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  5. ^ "Mules Wrong Anvil Die 1993-D And 1999(P) Cent/Dime Mules". www.error-ref.com. Archived from the original on 2019-09-23. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  6. ^ "2000 Sacagawea/Quarter Dollar Mule". PCGS. Archived from the original on 2019-05-14. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  7. ^ a b "Error News – Fred Weinberg & Co". Archived from the original on 2019-05-14. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  8. ^ "19th known double denomination mule error coin coming to auction". CoinWorld. Archived from the original on 2019-08-20. Retrieved 2019-08-20.