2000 One Dollar Mule with Ten Cent Obverse - PCGS MS63

Australia, 2000 One Dollar Mule with Ten Cent Obverse -

While the “double rim” is often used to describe the distinguishing feature of the one dollar mule, it is actually the use of a slightly smaller ten cent die in the coin’s production that makes the coin special. Just as mintmarks tell a story about where a coin comes from, the concentric double rim on the one dollar mule tells a story about how this coin was made. And it is this story that gives the coin its fame. The example photographed above comes from an old Melbourne accumulation, and must have been found not long after it was issued: It’s deeply brilliant and free from marks, scratches, fingerprints, or edge knocks. The obverse is especially attractive, with subdued cartwheeling lustre in the fields. If you’ve been chasing a mint state dollar mule but don’t want to pay five figures for an example in higher grade, this is your coin.