Catalog
50 Euro Cents Muled
| Issuer | Vatican City |
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| Engraver(s) | Luc Luycx |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the standard European Union reverse design by Luc Luycx, depicting a stylized map of the fifteen member states of the European Union in relief against a hatched background, with the denomination 50 EURO CENT appearing to the right. The engraver's initials LL are present in the field. This design, originally intended for the reverse of the circulating 50 euro cent coinage, appears here on the obverse of this mule pattern. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Mule coins from Vatican City — produced when dies from two different denominations are paired in error — occasionally escape the Officina Carte Valori before quality control intervenes. The Vatican's annual mintage figures are tightly capped by treaty with Italy, which makes any production anomaly effectively irreproducible at scale. Whether this piece represents a press-room error or a deliberate unofficial strike is a question that materially affects its numismatic standing.