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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 3361415, member: 68&quot;]I have no doubt that it is highly PL.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the mint bought a machine to swirl blank planchets with small steel shot probably in 1985.&nbsp; They call it a burnisher.&nbsp; They were burnishing some planchets as early as 1985 but they started doing a lot more in 1986. Most of these planchets were used in the various special sets they make including regular mint sets.&nbsp; Since mint set dies are often basined (faces ground flat) and because they use more pressure and better dies on mint set coins, it&#039;s not that unusual to find highly PL coins in mint sets. A lot of &#039;88-D cents look like branch mint proofs (~1%).&nbsp; Half dollars are tougher. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t understand why the services won&#039;t grade PL&#039;s.&nbsp;&nbsp; The modern series can be collected in PL since every date appears as such.&nbsp; Some have very subdued PL characteristics such as &#039;74-P half dollars. Others can be startling like &#039;76-D type I Ikes.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are a lot of tough PL&#039;s out there and half dollars are among the toughest. While dramatic PL&#039;s like this one are tougher, PL&#039;s are not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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