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<p>[QUOTE="GeorgeM, post: 26527836, member: 28550"]The 2 mules in there are particularly hard to find in high grade. And the commemoratives, except in sea salvage (I have 2 of each with a good obverse or reverse each). </p><p><br /></p><p>I would also suggest the So-Called Dollars commemorating the opening of the US Mint in 1920 belong here (copper and silver are obtainable, gold is... not so much). They are essentially a mule of the Wilson presidential medal with an assay commission medal from 1882 (with the design of the reverse flipped and altered slightly):</p><p><a href="https://www.so-calleddollars.com/Events/Manila_Mint_Opening.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.so-calleddollars.com/Events/Manila_Mint_Opening.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.so-calleddollars.com/Events/Manila_Mint_Opening.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It's possible that more than 5 were struck in gold. I've heard theories that as many as 10 existed at one time:</p><p><a href="https://coinweek.com/extremely-rare-1920-wilson-dollar-in-gold-to-be-offered-at-july-21-austin-auction-sale/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/extremely-rare-1920-wilson-dollar-in-gold-to-be-offered-at-july-21-austin-auction-sale/" rel="nofollow">https://coinweek.com/extremely-rare-1920-wilson-dollar-in-gold-to-be-offered-at-july-21-austin-auction-sale/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GeorgeM, post: 26527836, member: 28550"]The 2 mules in there are particularly hard to find in high grade. And the commemoratives, except in sea salvage (I have 2 of each with a good obverse or reverse each). I would also suggest the So-Called Dollars commemorating the opening of the US Mint in 1920 belong here (copper and silver are obtainable, gold is... not so much). They are essentially a mule of the Wilson presidential medal with an assay commission medal from 1882 (with the design of the reverse flipped and altered slightly): [URL]https://www.so-calleddollars.com/Events/Manila_Mint_Opening.html[/URL] It's possible that more than 5 were struck in gold. I've heard theories that as many as 10 existed at one time: [URL]https://coinweek.com/extremely-rare-1920-wilson-dollar-in-gold-to-be-offered-at-july-21-austin-auction-sale/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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