It was supposed to have the "New" Europe Map on the reverse. The Stuttgart Mint (F) accidentally issued 600,000 of them with the "Old" Europe Map on the reverse. They realised their error and issued their remaining allocation, 9,000,000, with the correct reverse.
(By the way the mintage figure on the page for the normal coin needs to be corrected)
On Numista we have got the normal coin and the Mule coin on the same page, on different mintage lines (See above).
Because the Mule coin has a different reverse, even though it is a mint error, it is actually a different coin.
So should it have its own separate page? Personally I think it should, but I am interested in what others think.
I have got one of these Mules and a new page can be created if required.
Regards - Mike
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I can live with it, where it is, because I can see it together with the other coins from that year. If you give it it's own page, it'll kind of being lost, if you don't know it exists?
Quote: "rsirian1"Oh. Yes, the subject coin is KM# A261, not KM# 261.
Now that is interesting. If the coin has a separate KM# then It would seem that it should have a separate Numista Number?
The only way to get a unique Numista Number is to have a separate page.
Of course listed with links to the non-mule coin it is derived from, with comments etc describing how it occured etc.
Mike
Master Referee - See my profile for what I collect.
It seems reasonable to me that all mule coins should have their own independent page, separate from the coins of which it shows the obverse and reverse.
In fact, it is obviously a different coin than the two from which it comes, even if other catalogs do not have that distinction (in this case it seems that Krause does).
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I am still waiting for the new page to be validated. Things move slowly in the Eurozone sometimes?
Mike
I don't know the date you actually created the page, but sometimes my new page or edit requests have taken months to be resolved. Referees have other responsibilities (and sometimes their interest in Numista waxes and wanes). I know of one referee who had COVID-19 recently and didn't work on Numista because of that.
But they all get processed eventually. (Currently I only have two pending, from 12 May, but most of the request I've made since 12 May have been Validated.)
I know what is involved in a referee duties. I am one myself. I pride myself on responding very quickly, but also understand that for some other referees it might take a little longer.
However when other requests for Euro coins I have submitted before and after the one in question have been dealt with, and the one I have put up is done perfectly, it is frustrating that it seems to have been ignored.
However patience is a virtue I am told.
mike
Master Referee - See my profile for what I collect.
I've submitted many change requests to this referee, so has Ole. Normal turn time is one day, many times just hours. I'd suggest if it's taken longer than that it's because of reasons other than normal processing time.
