I said MS-65 DMPL but I was on the border of a 64. Just a few scrapes to many but it has such nice eye appeal I went the higher grade.
MS 64 PL …I’m thinking the photo makes it look a bit better/more mirrored (like a 65 dmpl). It almost certainly has pl surfaces but I don’t think enough for dmpl. And some hits might be obscured by the angle of the photo.
the specks a bit much for 65/gem but think it'll get the 64 and that black surface and pronounced frosting screams DMPL rather then just PL
Ok, here is a photo from a slightly different angle. This is a hard coin to grade, as it is a coin with very heavy cameo. The pictures are not juiced. What we have here is what I would think to be a market graded coin. 1900 Philadelphia is an odd date for PL coins. PL examples are common, and not overly expensive, unless one gets into higher grades. DMPL coins are quite uncommon, and at 64 and above, they go into the 5 and 6 figure price range. This one was, as I see it, right on the edge of DMPL, but not quite. It appears to be market graded, to keep it out of that price range. The chin area is definitely noisy, and I feel that keeps the grade down. I probably would have gone 64 PL, as it is still an attractive coin, that is borderline DMPL. Grade is definitely not gem, but looks very pretty, with heavy cameo in hand.