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"Edumacate" Me On "Deep-Mirror, Proof-Like"....

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 Posted 08/01/2007  11:30 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Bottleguy to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I've got a couple of 1878-S Morgans which appear to be "Deep-Mirror".... All are MS business strikes with some bag marks, etc., none are proof. Anyway, I took some pictures to try and capture some of the mirrored surface. Sorry they aren't the best.....

The first one shows the obverse on a sheet of paper with five black lines spaced one inch apart. All are clearly reflected, the last one on the top of the coin being 5 inches away. I've also included some other pics showing the reverse and other angles.

So, what do you think? "Deep Mirror" or not? Thanks in advance for any input!

Rick









*edit: BTW, the coin is leaning up against a piece of glass which is why the lines are also reflected behind it.....
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08/01/2007 11:38 pm
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I think PCGS calls a coin DMPL if you can hold it8 inches away from a business card and read the regular sized font in the coin. I am not 100% sure but I think they raised it and not sure if it was 8 inches they raised it to or 8 inches they raised it from
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 Posted 08/02/2007  10:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SeatedNut to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Bottleguy,

Go here for info on grading PL and DMPL.

http://www.coingrading.com/plcoins1.html
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been to that page many many times and must have skipped over that particular page but that is a good guide, thanks for the help in explaining it and the gauge he can use to determine how PL his coin really is
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