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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 24488052, member: 24314&quot;]I think you may have it <b>backwards</b>. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Early strikes from polished dies are reflective.&nbsp; As the dies wear, radials appear - the writer incorrectly calls them striations. The article says that some &quot;genius&quot; at a TPGC decided that when a used die is polished, the radials (striations) may remain under magnification so the coin cannot have PL reflectivity so it&#039;s not a &quot;true&quot; PL.&nbsp; Of course, this is plain <b><span style="color: #b35900">BS</span></b> generated by some ex-dealer who now graded professionally back then.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>PL is measured by the depth of reflectivity from the surface. </b> Folks use all kinds of ways to measure it and unfortunately those same &quot;geniuses&quot; often require different depths of reflectivity for different dates in order to make rate the PL designation.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have not figured out my distain for many <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> dealers, it&#039;s because </p><p>their <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> goal is to keep you ignorant and make grading (for them establishing its value not its true condition) very complicated so that you need them. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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