I have a 1881 s morgan that i had no doubt would get in a DMPL hoder when i sent it in. I knew that the coin was on the low end of the MS scale (62). But when i recieved the coin back it was a MS62 PL. Is the low grade (62) what might be foldin this coin back from the DMPL grade? And what is the lowest DMPL graded coins?
The photos on the NGC website are proprietary and cannot be copied. Your coin looks like it has a couple of places on the obverse and reverse that aren't DMPL. Chris
Could you explain more? I dont really know all the qualities of a DMPL because i dont have any in my collection only PL's
What he's telling you is that the grade of the coin, and the DMPL designation are two separate things. And neither of them is dependent in any way on the other. The thing that decides the grade of a coin are the grading criteria like contact marks, hairlines, quality of luster, quality of strike, and eye appeal. The thing that decides if a coin will get the DMPL designation or not is the distance at which the reflectivity of the coin produces a clear and readable image. I believe that distance in today's world is 6-8 inches, depending on which TPG is doing the deciding. So, a coin could be covered with contact marks and only worthy of a 61 grade, but if the reflectivity is good enough it can still get the DMPL designation. Or the coin could be virtually mark free and have no other issues and be worthy of the 66 or 67 grade, and if the reflectivity is good enough, get the DMPL designation. However, if the coin, in any grade, does not have the required reflectivity, then it will not get the DMPL designation.
