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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;pasasap2, post: 25901242, member: 57975&quot;]PCGS would disagree with many of you on what a Prooflike coin is from a Canada Mint set and what a Business Strike is from a Mint Bag or bank roll. PCGS will grade a Canada coin taken from a Prooflike set as PL, but they grade Business Strikes as MS. The reason is because they also grade Morgan Dollars and other similar coins that are Business Strikes that can have Proof-like qualities. To give you an example, let us suppose you have two coins that grade 66 out of 70. Both have mirror fields or proof-like qualities. The first one comes from a Canada Mint Set, the other comes from a Mint Bag and was made for circulation. The experts at PCGS can tell the difference between these two coins and will identify them differently. The coin from the Canada Mint set is going to get the grade PL66 and if it has a cameo surfaces, then it could be grade PL66CAM or even PL66DCAM. However, the Business Strike coin that was minted for circulation that also has a mirror surface is going to have bag marks on it because it was put together with other coins of its denomination that were all made to be spent as money and not collected. That coin is going to get the grade MS66 PL. And if it also has some cameo surfaces, then it might get the grade MS66 DMPL. You see this grade more often on Morgan Dollars than any other coins. PCGS knows something you guys are not realizing. The coin made for the Canada Mint Set or PL set (Not SP or Proof), was minted differently than the one made for circulation. The PL set coins are made one by one and removed to a tray so they have very limited contact with each other. The coins made for circulation are dropped into a bag or metal bucket with other coins causing bag marks. Some Business Strikes can have Mirror surfaces because they are first strikes made from new dies or one new die if PL only on one side. So, you see the coins found in Canada PL sets are not minted the same as those found in Mint Bags and bank rolls, so they are not the same. So, to correctly answer your question that you posted in 2021, and it is now 2024, the coins found in Canada Prooflike Sets are not Business Strikes made for circulation, but are special strikes more similar to Proof coins, but not as well minted as Proof strikes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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