Canada Liz MS 25c
1999 September Mule

Owner Comments:

Gorgeous Canada September 1999 mule quarter with prooflike luster and very strong strike. Coin is from the Canada Millennium quarter set with the September "Canada Through a Child's Eye" reverse design. A few small wisps and spots of light golden toning are present on both sides. A couple of very light contact marks are present commensurate with MS66/67 grade (possible upgrade). Cost: $37.26 on 10/23/13 on eBay from Jim Atherton (ruijim).

Note: Small quantities of the September (Canada Through a Child's Eye) and November (The Airplane Opens the North) coins were reported found in some of the Royal Canadian Mint's special proof-like Souvenir Sets mated with a regular obverse die intended for use with the standard caribou design reverse.

The caribou design was not struck for circulation in 1999, but was issued in some of the standard numismatic sets. Its obverse does not include the denomination which is traditionally found on the reverse surrounded by the antlers of the caribou, while the denomination was moved from the reverse to the obverse for the Millennium coins in order to make room for the commemorative motifs.

The result of this muling was a small quantity of September and November coins struck with the larger bust obverse bearing no denomination or what the general press in Canada has been referring to as the "Missing 25-cent coins" (from Canadian Coin News, February 2000)