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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3218030, member: 112&quot;]I don&#039;t see it as being cultural at all. But I do agree with the second sentence.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Strongly disagree. it is not a special strike or distinct type of strike at all, it is merely a matter of chance. There are many, many, first or early strikes that are not PL at all. In fact I would say the vast majority of early strikes are not PL. And this is proven by the small numbers of PL coins we see. Fresh dies are used all the time, in any given mintage of any substantial quantity, many sets of fresh dies are used. But we rarely see PL coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the dies being fairly fresh, meaning they have not much wear yet, plays a part, but so does the planchet. If the planchet is of poor quality then the coin will never be PL, no matter how good the dies are. And even an average quality planchet will not result in a PL coin. Only the best quality planchets produce PL coins. And that is where the element of chance comes in because no effort is ever consciously made with business strikes to strike a PL coin. And the planchets enter the coining chamber completely at random. When a PL coin is struck, it was an accident, not an intention. And it is being an accident that makes them special to begin with. And that&#039;s why the test was created to begin with. It&#039;s very purpose was to identify these special coins in an actual measurable way that removed all subjectivity.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is only with collector coins, coins that are struck with no intention at all of ever being used in actual circulation that such efforts exist. And it is for this reason that the TPGs have and follow that distinction they do that coins like this are automatically disqualified for the PL/DPL designation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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