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<p>[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 10780020, member: 19165"]While the obverse is normally the most important side, both sides need to be "all there" for it to get the PL or DPL. </p><p><br /></p><p> See, I absolutely hate this idea. Different dates have different "standards" for PL? That's almost as ridiculous as saying that we're going to grade key-dates differently. </p><p><br /></p><p>A standard should be a standard, dangit. If it's VF on a 42D Merc, it should be VF on a 16D! If it's PL on an 1886 Morgan, it should be PL on a 1921! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>ANACS did this on the old white holders, and I liked it. They would label "PL Obverse" or some such, as you mention. NGC does the same sort of idea with their Star - they'll give a star if the obverse is PL but the reverse doesn't make it. The star is kinda weird though, because it could mean many different things. PCGS does not do anything of the sort.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 10780020, member: 19165"]While the obverse is normally the most important side, both sides need to be "all there" for it to get the PL or DPL. See, I absolutely hate this idea. Different dates have different "standards" for PL? That's almost as ridiculous as saying that we're going to grade key-dates differently. A standard should be a standard, dangit. If it's VF on a 42D Merc, it should be VF on a 16D! If it's PL on an 1886 Morgan, it should be PL on a 1921! ANACS did this on the old white holders, and I liked it. They would label "PL Obverse" or some such, as you mention. NGC does the same sort of idea with their Star - they'll give a star if the obverse is PL but the reverse doesn't make it. The star is kinda weird though, because it could mean many different things. PCGS does not do anything of the sort.[/QUOTE]
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