Tane 0 Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 So, we've had some discussion here about Soviet 20 kopecks with obverse of 3 kopeck coins earlier, but what about 3 kopecks struck with 20 kopeck obverses? I've searched a lot of 3 kopeck coins and I think I found one (1982). I might be wrong now, but it looks like such 3 kopecks are rarer than the corresponding variety of 20 kopecks. Are there any other denominations with mixed dies? I could imagine that there are 50 kopecks with 5 kopeck obverses and vice versa, and 10 kopecks with 2 kopeck obverses and vice versa. Do such coins exist? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WCO 0 Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 20 Kopecks of 1924 exists with obverse of 1 Kop. of 1924 1 Kop. of 1924 and 1925 exist with obverse of 20 Kopecks of 1924 all of these are rare 3 Kopecks of 1931, 32, 33, 34 exist with obverse of 20 Kopecks of 1931 (new design), all rare 20 Kopecks of 1931, 32 exist with obverse of 3 Kop. of 1926, all rare 1961 5 Kopecks exists with obverse of 1958 50 Kopecks, not rare 1976-1990 5 and 50 Kopecks have identical obverses... common ..... The list may be very long, all varieties are listed in Adrianov's catalogue... WCO Quote Link to post Share on other sites
khokhloma 0 Posted June 25, 2008 Report Share Posted June 25, 2008 I have few for sale if you are interested, all in the sets - 1965, 1979 and 1988. Please check out my Ebay store, 1979 will cost you just $30 (the whole set) as that mule is rather common. 1974 is VERY rare though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gxseries 0 Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 How can I tell the mule difference? I can't tell the differences at the moment Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnome 0 Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 I would also be interested knowing as well, thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alexbq2 0 Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 I would also be interested knowing as well, thanks. The difference is not the same in all cases, I think getting a catalog that points out a difference is a must in this case. From what I noticed often enough the difference is in the shape of the star above the globe, and sometimes the shape of the ribbon around the wheat. But often the difference between the crests is very subtle (at least to me ). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
khokhloma 0 Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Picture is worth a thousand words - check my ebay listing with detailed photo of typical "mule" coin from 1979: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...E:IT&ih=019 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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