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It appears they started making PL in 1949 with creation of the numismatic division.
1949-1952 $1 in many of the varieties.
In 1951 they seem to have sold a 25c, 50c, and $1 set.
In 1953 they made complete sets.
Of course in 1954 they began offering PL sets in earnest and seem to have abandoned making specimen coins until 1964.
Would anyone say the PL quality fell as quantities made exploded, pressuring the return of specimen for prestige offerings?
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Seeing as the year 49 has come up .......here's one .... ..........  |
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I know experience plays a big part, but are there any good "tells" to distinguish a PL from a SP or business strike. Each series has its tells. SPP...what are some tells for the one cent series?
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Most of the modern PL's that we see are all very mirror like over the whole surface. You're right though, in the past, there were a lot of "experimental finishes" going onto the coins. I've got an interesting 53 $1 that I still can't place.......  |
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As a comparison, here is my MS-66, which has a mirror field so may be an improperly attributed PL.  |
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@DEVLEC:  The specimen has definitely a MUCH stronger strike. And its rims are gorgeous. Edited by dialog_gvf
08/12/2013 9:29 pm
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Thanks ....but my feeling is that they all look great...rare or not so rare...
That is when you're looking at MS's or SP's in high grade..
We're just lucky that someone grabbed them and put them carefully aside...
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@SPP: How about that SP-64 being sold on ebay? Dang, that is amazing. |
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"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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@dialog_gvf: Thanks for the info!
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"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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I'll have to update that one - an inferior one sold at the recent RCNA auction, $3400 or so, plus hammer and taxes.... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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I just stumbled across this and was dropping so I wanted to bring it back! Will post my 48 when it comes in the mail. Also have 2 1944 potential specimens going to ICCS. Devlec your 43 specimen is amazing! I got myself a sp64 but sadly no cameo on it unlike yours! Here is my 1952 specimen 64  |
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Resurrected! Just picked up these beauties the other week. I feel the 25c is undergraded (not a mark on it), and the 10c is overgraded. Although not sure why PCGS used the PR designation as opposed to SP...       Edited by johnnysprawl
05/17/2018 12:33 am
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