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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 3661179, member: 46237&quot;]Well for semi-PL and PL, the surfaces mark much easier and the marks show much more strongly than equivalent marks on a matte surface. I would say, yes as a result. A semi-PL coin tends to end up with a point lower or so with the same level of marks as a matte coin, simply because the surfaces show the marks more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Having said that, the semi-PL coin frequently has superior eye appeal even with a lower grade. I find the semi-PL coins get unfairly penalized by the TPGs. If they make the PL designation that speaks for itself, but when they just miss it, the coin does not typically get a bump for eye appeal. Usually the eye appeal is equivalent to a coin that is a point or two higher, however, I have one example of a gold type that I have in MS61 with semi-PL surfaces, that I declined to upgrade to an MS64 example with matte surfaces, due to the MS61 having superior eye appeal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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