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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 6289617, member: 21705&quot;]The mule is a reference to the pairing of two known dies on a previously unknown pairing as opposed to one or both sides of a new discovery being new dies. I believe the term&#039;s use goes back to Sheldon, though it could pre-date him.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1796 NC-4 is a mule using the known obverse of S-100 and S-101 with the known Reverse of S-99.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1796 NC-2 is a partial mule pairing the obverse used on S-93, S-94, S-95, S-96 and 1796 NC-3 with a new Reverse die used only on the 1796 NC-2.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most &#039;mules&#039; are partial mules rather than full mules.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because the collecting of Early Large Cents by variety was one of, if not the earliest, denominations collected by variety, many of the terms from Large Cent collecting have carried over to other denominations such as mule.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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