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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 26710134, member: 105571&quot;]I have a book in my library called <i>Numismatic Forgery</i> by Charles M. Larson, c2004.&nbsp; In the Introduction, he speaks specifically about the 1959-D Wheat Reverse Mule that was publicized in a 2002 Coin World article.&nbsp; The coin was never proved to be either genuine or a fake.&nbsp; You can get more history on this at [USER=104064]@KBBPLL[/USER]&#039;s link.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr. Larson claims in the book that an imprisoned forger, Mark Hoffman, claimed to be the creator of this mule.&nbsp; Speculation by Mr. Larson claims that Hoffman created the dies for the struck coin using an electroplating process.&nbsp; There are other claims that the dies were created using a spark erosion process.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as I know, the Coin World example has been unique.&nbsp; If the OP&#039;s cited example is not the CW coin, then it would be the second example to come to light.</p><p><br /></p><p>In any event, I doubt the coin will be authenticated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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