ON SALE Ethiopia Pattern Werk UNIQUE GOLD MULE Specimen Double Struck PCGS SP63 - $4,000 - (Las Vegas, NV)
Contact Us | Other Auctions | About Our Coins | About Our Art Mike Byers is a World Renowned Expert on U.S. & World Major Mint Errors and an Award Winning Author He literally "wrote the book" World's Greatest Mint Errors, which received the Numismatic Literary Guild's award for Best World Book. He is the publisher & editor of Mint Error News Magazine & Website which is widely regarded as the most informative and comprehensive resource for Major Mint Errors. He was an ANACS consultant for Major Mint Errors and has written articles for the Coin Dealer Newsletter. Mike Byers and his discoveries have been featured on the front page of Coin World numerous times. Mike Byers Inc carries a multi-million dollar world class inventory of major mint errors, die trials and numismatic rarities. His extensive personal collection of major mint errors is being authenticated and certified by NGC and designated on the insert as THE BYERS COLLECTION. ON SALE Ethiopia EE1921 Pattern Werk KM-Pn8 Gill-RT8 The Only Known Specimen Striking Extremely Rare Gold Mule Double Struck PCGS Specimen 63 UNIQUE All gold mules are rare and this mule is unique for several reasons. It is a gold mule struck as a SPECIMEN strike and was authenticated and certified by PCGS SP 63. It was struck on a heavier gold planchet weighing 9.09 grams instead of the standard 7.0 grams. And it was DOUBLE STRUCK with doubling evident on both the obverse and reverse. It was struck at the Addis Ababa Mint. The Emperor Haile Salassie presented these mules to very special dignitaries and VIPs. The few that are known today are either circulated or barely uncirculated. It is muled with the obverse die for the silver 1/8 Birr and the reverse die for the Menelik 1/32 Birr. It is .900 gold and has a diameter of 21mm. The obverse portrays the crowned bust of Emperor Haile Selassie, and the reverse depicts the crowned lion of Judah. Somehow this unique Specimen strike survived. It was specially prepared as a Specimen strike and…
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