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1934A $500 Mule

John91CJohn91C Posts: 303 ✭✭✭
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I'm still pretty new to collecting and just got this back from grading. Can anyone tell me/show me why this is a Mule? Is this one considered a "rare" Mule? Thanks for any help and insight!

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  • Steve_in_TampaSteve_in_Tampa Posts: 1,989 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Other than the Back Plate number, regular notes and mules look identical. A mule simply means that the back plate used for printing was carried over from the previous series. Nice note, except for the small edge tear.

  • JamericonJamericon Posts: 438 ✭✭✭
    edited July 26, 2023 5:02PM

    It's a mule because the plate serials are different sizes: the 2 on the face is macro, and the 6 on the back is micro.

    The BEP never made $500 macro backs, so all Series of 1934A $500 FRNs are mules. Series of 1934 $500 FRNs will not be mules because the face plate serials on those plates were also micro.

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,590 ✭✭✭✭✭

    a 55, thats cool

  • John91CJohn91C Posts: 303 ✭✭✭

    Thank you! I appreciate the education on the Mules!

  • GoldFinger1969GoldFinger1969 Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Jamericon said:
    It's a mule because the plate serials are different sizes: the 2 on the face is macro, and the 6 on the back is micro.

    What "6" ??? I don't see anything other than "500" on the back.

  • TennisCoachTennisCoach Posts: 319 ✭✭✭
    edited December 6, 2024 10:51PM

    @GoldFinger1969 said:

    @Jamericon said:
    It's a mule because the plate serials are different sizes: the 2 on the face is macro, and the 6 on the back is micro.

    What "6" ??? I don't see anything other than "500" on the back.

    You see Jamericon has exceptional vision. While most of us see 20/20, he sees like 10/10. This enables him to read those tiny little numbers in the lower right corner on the front and back. He sees them so well he can read the front number as a "2" and can tell that it is a couple millimeters larger than the back number "6". Upon this revelation he deems the front number a macro and back number a micro. But when he's not using his superpowers, he reads them off the grading label and uses his knowledge that all 1934A $500s are mules because the back plates were made the same for series 1934 $500 notes (micro).

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  • Ted 1Ted 1 Posts: 884 ✭✭✭✭

    Crazy to me that someone would spend $1700+ on a note and not know what a mule is.

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  • John91CJohn91C Posts: 303 ✭✭✭
    edited December 7, 2024 7:15AM

    @Ted 1 said:
    Crazy to me that someone would spend $1700+ on a note and not know what a mule is.

    Good thing I only bought this for $600 9 years ago, raw. Bought it from a friend and that's what got me into collecting. To each their own...

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