Mayoral miscount results in limited edition coffee mug marking Mamdani era

"Maybe a week or two we had them on sale. Once the mayor decided that he was going to honor the new historical facts that had come to light, we decided that we would honor that as well by putting the 112 mugs on sale."

"Those facts emerged through a Gothamist report in December on a historian's discovery that the city had overlooked the second nonconsecutive term of a 17th century mayor in the official record. By then the CityStore had already begun selling the 111th mayor mugs."

"About 275 of the mayoral miscount mugs were taken off the shelves and remain in storage. Kastanis said there are no plans to sell them, although ideas about what to do with them are being floated."

New York City's CityStore briefly sold commemorative coffee mugs identifying Mayor Zohran Mamdani as the 111th mayor before a historical discovery revealed the city had overlooked a 17th century mayor's second nonconsecutive term. Once city archivists and the mayor acknowledged the error, corrected 112th mayor mugs replaced the incorrect versions. Approximately a dozen of the misprinted mugs sold for $10 each before removal, while about 275 remain in storage. City officials have not determined a final use for the erroneous mugs, though they are considering various options. The incident highlights how printing errors can inadvertently create collectible items.

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