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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 602651, member: 112&quot;]Apologies to whoever wrote the article, but there is one big problem - a good bit of that info is flat out wrong. For example, the following are the correct qualification criteria - </p><p><br /></p><p>PL = Prooflike </p><p>NGC - reflectivity at 2-4 inches</p><p>PCGS - reflectivity at 2 inches</p><p><br /></p><p>DMPL = Deep Mirror Prooflike </p><p>NGC - reflectivity at 6-8 inches</p><p>PCGS - reflectivity at 4-6 inches</p><p><br /></p><p>- so PCGS is definitely not the most conservative when assigning this special designation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, this comment - </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Also, a Deep Mirrored coin will show raised &quot;hairlines&quot; in the fields, not to be confused with scratches, from the polishing agent or tool. Sometimes these hairlines will be prominently noticeable, and sometimes not, but they will always be present on a polished business strike DMPL or PL coin.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>- is incorrect. While it is <u>possible</u> that a PL or DMPL coin will have raised polish lines, it is far from being true in every case. In fact, it would be the exception rather than the rule.</p><p><br /></p><p>And yes the dies that produced PL or DMPL coins - for not all PL or DMPL coins are Morgan dollars, there are plenty of other coin types as well - were polished. But then all new coin dies are polished, with the emphasis being on the word new. PL and DMPL coins are the result of planchets being struck with new dies only - <u>not</u> as a result of planchets being struck with re-worked or dies that have been polished after being used.</p><p><br /></p><p>This article should either be removed or edited and re-written to reflect the correct information.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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