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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;phubanks, post: 869191, member: 23286&quot;]i recently had a 1899 $2 note graded that had the following comment ... </p><p>&quot;&nbsp; [FONT=&amp;quot]John Burke Back Plate #1005&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>when i asked them what they meant they wrote back ... </p><p>[/FONT]&nbsp; &nbsp; <span style="color: navy">[FONT=&amp;quot]</span></p><p><span style="color: navy">[/FONT]</span></p><p><span style="color: navy">[FONT=&amp;quot]From what I got from the graders is that that means the note is a mule. On that specific note, the back plate has 2 positions. One for Frank White and one for John Burke. The reason that this is a mule is because the John Burke position is on the Frank White position. It is kind of hard to explain what a mule is, but hopefully this has helped.[/FONT]</span></p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>Their response totally confused me.&nbsp; (back plate positions?)&nbsp; Does anyone know what it means if a note is a mule (and is that better than another note of the same type that is not a mule)</p><p><br /></p><p>And why do they call it a mule?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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