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<p>[QUOTE="bobbeth87, post: 869281, member: 18369"]A "mule" is when the two sides of a coin or note were not meant to be paired together. A dime on the obverse and a cent on the reverse would be an obvious mule. Yours is a more subtle one, as explained above.</p><p> </p><p>I don't know where the term originated, but I suspect that it is called a "mule" since a real mule is an offspring of a horse and donkey, much like a "mule" coin or note is the "offspring" of two different parts not meant to be "mated" together.</p><p> </p><p>By the way, that is a beautiful note!!!!!! Where did you get it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bobbeth87, post: 869281, member: 18369"]A "mule" is when the two sides of a coin or note were not meant to be paired together. A dime on the obverse and a cent on the reverse would be an obvious mule. Yours is a more subtle one, as explained above. I don't know where the term originated, but I suspect that it is called a "mule" since a real mule is an offspring of a horse and donkey, much like a "mule" coin or note is the "offspring" of two different parts not meant to be "mated" together. By the way, that is a beautiful note!!!!!! Where did you get it.[/QUOTE]
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