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<p>[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 4439446, member: 46237"]Yes, this is absolutely accurate for how the PL/DMPL designations are assessed for Morgan dollars by both NGC and PCGS.</p><p><br /></p><p>A year/mm that is known for prooflike strikes will have a much higher bar than a year that is not known for them, creating a scenario whereby you might have a DMPL of one date/mm that is not even good enough to get a PL designation if it was of a different date/mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it is absolute nonsense that they do this. If a particular date/mm has a lot of PLs, <i>then it has a lot of PLs</i>. End of story.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take a look - here's a PL Morgan from my collection. I can <i>see with my own two eyes</i> that it has a DMPL obverse and PL reverse. But it is an 1880 S, so it doesn't even make the cut for PL. PCGS MS65.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1110179[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1110180[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It is primarily Morgan dollars that they play this PL game with. For most other series it is fairly consistently designated. There are some exceptions though, for example, some types where PL coins are fairly common yet they don't designate them at all for some reason.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jaelus, post: 4439446, member: 46237"]Yes, this is absolutely accurate for how the PL/DMPL designations are assessed for Morgan dollars by both NGC and PCGS. A year/mm that is known for prooflike strikes will have a much higher bar than a year that is not known for them, creating a scenario whereby you might have a DMPL of one date/mm that is not even good enough to get a PL designation if it was of a different date/mm. I think it is absolute nonsense that they do this. If a particular date/mm has a lot of PLs, [I]then it has a lot of PLs[/I]. End of story. Take a look - here's a PL Morgan from my collection. I can [I]see with my own two eyes[/I] that it has a DMPL obverse and PL reverse. But it is an 1880 S, so it doesn't even make the cut for PL. PCGS MS65. [ATTACH=full]1110179[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1110180[/ATTACH] It is primarily Morgan dollars that they play this PL game with. For most other series it is fairly consistently designated. There are some exceptions though, for example, some types where PL coins are fairly common yet they don't designate them at all for some reason.[/QUOTE]
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