Ever seen a DMPL Morgan like this?

http://teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=3054&lot=1342&imagetype=j2


See how the frost effect on the portrait creeps into the fields?

 

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I think it's just reflection from the devices onto the field. If it were on Ebay I might say it looks like someone did a poor Photoshop job.
Guy

 

thats a 64? ive got better looking 64s then that.

 

I have seen DMPLs like that before... I'm not sure exactly what causes it... but I have seen it.

 

I seem to recall seeing other DMPLs like this too.

 

I have a DMPL like that...




Photos taken by Todd... world-class photos.

I believe it's a byproduct of the polishing process for the dies. I'm thinking that the dies were pulled before the fields became completely mirrored, because PL and DMPL's only exist due to screw ups where someone left the dies in the thing that polished them for too long.

At least that's my understanding/theory.

 

Its kinda neat i think, but imo a little distracting on the teletrade piece. Merc, yours is a looker indeed.

 

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Very typical Morgan Die polish that leaves a halo effect:

 

I always thought this effect was caused by die erosion, i.e. the fields starting to "refrost"???

 

Interesting thought, I have assumed die polishing since there are so many DMPL's with this look, being they are either fresh dies or freshly polished.

 

I thought this at first too, but why don't we ever see Morgans with patches of DMPL or PL reflection surrounded by regular finish? That's the only thing that steers me away from that theory.

Thanks, it's probably my single favorite coin I own.

Blu's DMPL's are just drop dead gorgeous, though.

 

Wow! MS64? Looks, to me, to be more like an MS62/MS63DMPL. Lots and lots of bag marks in the fields take away from the overall eye appeal of the DMPL and I would think a TPG would knock it down a grade or two for this. Either way, it's a nice coin.

-Brian

 

Question for you..... where was this part of the die work done? I ask because I see the look more on CC dollars than other dollars.

 

I don't care what anyone says, DMPL Morgans are just simply beautiful.

 

Mintmarks were added at Philadelphia. I don't believe the branch mints did their own hardening of the dies and they would not have been able to punch mintmarks into a hardened die. The acid etching was the result of the cleaning needed after the hardening process to remove the oxidation and scale left from the heating. The initial polishing was the result of basining or lapping the dies to provide the proper metal flow on the presses the individual mints were using. The mints did not all use the same presses and from my understanding different presses needed the dies basined to different curvatures to get the right metal flow. Since each mint would be more familiar with their own presses it would make more sense for them to do their own basining. The extent of the PL effect would be a function of the amount of polishing and the fineness of the grit used.

 

Looks like a great one. And I too have seen many of these and love them.