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<p>[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 2464038, member: 1765"]Obverse doesn't look flashy enough for it to have been struck as a proof. There are also very specific die markers documented to distinguish between proofs and business strikes for 1880. The business strike mintage is low enough that prooflike business strikes will be relatively common. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for why PCGS doesn't call it PL, assuming it would qualify, the only use that designation on Morgan dollars. Why they don't use it wherever appropriate, I don't know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="messydesk, post: 2464038, member: 1765"]Obverse doesn't look flashy enough for it to have been struck as a proof. There are also very specific die markers documented to distinguish between proofs and business strikes for 1880. The business strike mintage is low enough that prooflike business strikes will be relatively common. As for why PCGS doesn't call it PL, assuming it would qualify, the only use that designation on Morgan dollars. Why they don't use it wherever appropriate, I don't know.[/QUOTE]
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