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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 4439262, member: 19165&quot;]Yep, they exist. </p><p><br /></p><p>There have been 28 of them graded by NGC throughout the entire series (out of 200,574 coins graded). (That&#039;s 0.014% graded as DPL)</p><p><br /></p><p>And now, I own 4 of them. Yes, I own 14% of the certified DPL population. </p><p><br /></p><p>I happened to notice these coins (all from the same seller) on Ebay, and had them in my watchlist. Lo and behold, the seller made me an offer (since when is that a thing?) and it was a good offer (significantly lower than his buy it now prices. So, I bought the lot of them. He told me that he had searched mint sets and picked these out himself, which is corroborated by the sequential cert numbers they posses. </p><p><br /></p><p>Starting in the late 1980s, the US mint began experimenting with plating their dies to improve die life. They used a chrome plating, which, as you can imagine, polished up to a mirror finish. The first few strikes from a new die might reach DPL status, the next hundred might be PL, and then it would strike shiny coins for a few hundred thousand more. Different series began using chrome plated dies at different times (the nickel is known in PL beginning in 1984, by 1988 all series have these chrome effect PL coins).</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, these arrived last week. I began attempting to photograph them, and it was giving me so much trouble. It was nearly impossible to get anything other than a black disk. So I pulled out my copy of Goodman&#039;s treatise and decided to see what he had to say. I&#039;ve practiced with PL coins, but modern DPLs are another level. Turns out, he calls these &quot;high contrast&quot; coins, and recommends using low contrast lighting. That is, he recommends pulling the camera up higher, and using lights high up near the camera. I have three lights, but I found that sometimes 2 worked better for these coins. Where I was getting a black disk before, I was now getting detail, and a great view of the fields. Turns out, Goodman knows what he&#039;s talking about! </p><p><br /></p><p>So now, I present for your viewing pleasure and comment, my new set of DPL Washington quarters. They are all graded NGC MS-66 DPL. </p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to comment on the coins, the photography method, or post any DPL coins of your own! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1110167[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1110168[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1110169[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1110170[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1110171[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1110172[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1110173[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1110166[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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