morgan dollar test DPL coin

hi, I read on some sites that a basic test to define the morgan dollar PL or DPL would be to lay the coin vertically above a newspaper and see if it reflects at least the text 2 inches away. I did this test and ame seems to think very well, what do you think? There are other tests to understand the PL level of morgan. I am attaching images (not high quality are made with a mobile phone but good ones), thanks for the advice

 

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Sorry, image here

 

From pictures I don't think it's really close to PL. Also out of a mintage of 20 million 1921-D's PCGS has certified less than 50 as PL so they are quite rare. Posting pictures head on like this:



can show PL features as well. Notice the frost on Liberty above and how yours has no frost at all and her cheek shows letters on it as well.

 

Your photos don't show it clearly enough. Compare it to this one.



Chris

 

your photo i think is PROOF does not reflect the text above the morgan's face but only from the bottom, me instead reflects the whole field of the coin including the face similar at PL coins

 

Yours barely reflects at all from the posted images, all silver in high AU and mint state grades will show some reflectivity it's a very reflective metal - that's not enough to warrant a PL designation. Also you don't want to see reflection on her face, see my post above. The face on a PL coin should be mostly frosted and not reflect like the Heritage coin I posted above.

 

The coin I posted is not a proof coin, and the reason that it does not reflect on the bust of Liberty is due to the cameo effect of a proof-like coin. The reflection on your coin is blurry, and the reason that your coin reflects across the face of Liberty is because it has been polished.

No, don't give me the story about your grandfather never washing or polishing the coin. I get that, but unless you can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that your grandfather got your Morgan from the Mint the day it was struck, then you cannot prove that someone else didn't polish the coin before your grandfather acquired it.

Chris

 

I understand, it won't be a proof and not even a PL but it has a surface that shows a lot of colors not typical silver but blue and red, boooo however I don't think we can even call it a simple AU55, thanks for your opinions

 

While your coin is reflective that does not make it PL.

 

It appears to be a very nice coin and I would like to see a photo taken at 90 degrees from the surface (straight on) so we can see what it looks like.

 

I not expert but this not normal coin very incredible reflect color for me more beutifull me coin from all i see heritage PL or DPL post

 

Thanks for the picture, but from the back view it looks to me like it was polished. I see lots of hairlines to the right of the eagle particularly.

 

As soon as I saw the new photos only one word came to my mind-Polished. It's also toning a steel blue and that adds to the shine.

 

The electric blue is not a reflection but is alive inside the metal of the coin see this pic angulate

 

or every photo I take always looks like a different coin at every angle shows different colors and often maybe shows the lines that in reality there is no coin. the colors are inside the metal and visible only in certain angles

 

Silver color is...silver, any other color is on the surface.

 

I don't know, I think it is inside the metal that electric blue and not on the surface in some areas instead of blue it is red and in other areas golden yellow these colors are seen and alternated by moving the coin

 

I showed the coin in the hands of some friends who collect coins and have never seen in their lives a silver coin so different it doesn't even look like a circulating coin ever seen a coin with these colors inside the metal nobody wanted to believe that it was a morgan dollar original it is impossible that such a coin can circulate attracts too much attention it seems a fake not a silver coin. I'd like them to have the NGC experts in their hands, they too would be stunned as a silver has changed color the problem is that I live in Italy and there are no NGC offices here. I don't know if Italian experts can judge it in Italy NEVER having a silver coin in these conditions. today I was curious to see if someone over 50 years ago had it colored and that blue was silver on the outside I washed it in demineralized water and pure cotton nothing cotton was very white rubbed for several minutes with water but nothing and that's why I say that blue is inside the metal and not outside

 

From your photos your coin appears to be polished to me.