Questions Abut Morgans DMPL

The DMPL's were usually the first coins off a new set of dies when minted. The coins have Mirror fields and frosty devices. Most of the DMPL are conditional rare when compared to the population of MS Morgans. For example, you are looking at a MS64 1888 O that has a PCGS population of 8060 for the grade. In the 1888 O MS64 PL PCGS has only certified only 282 and in MS64 DMPL PCGS has certified only 222. The low population count and demand drives up the cost of the coin. The DMPL coins are amazing to look at in hand. The DMPL or PL coins can be toned or white. The the bag marks on a DMPL are more pronounced than a standard MS coin, so most collectors target DMPL coins in grades of 63 or higher unless it is a rare Morgan, then, you take what you can get. If you buy a DMPL, you may not want to collect anything else.

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Some of the finest DMPL Morgans made are from the 82CC, 83CC and 84CC. In the grade of MS64 DMPL these will range from $450 to $750 depending on date and quality. Collecting the PL and DMPL changes the entire game of collecting Morgans as some of the dates are simply hard to find. If you were the richest person in the world, it would still be difficult to collect a Morgan PL or DMPL set by date and mint. Some of the dates do not exist in DMPL, but do have a few PL coins.

The top registry set at PCGS for PL and DMPL has all the coins for date and mint set except the 93S in PL or the 84S in PL. When you are trying to get the only 93S PL in a PCGS holder, it can get very difficult if the owner does not want to sell.

RCcoins, photos #1,2,4 are juiced by a regular ebay seller of DMPL coins. Photo #3 looks like the coin could have been polished. Buy your DMPL coins in a NGC or PCGS holder as most of the raw coins noted on ebay as DMPL will not grade DMPL.

Correct. Certain dates simply do not exist in DMPL, such as 1884-S, and others have a population of less than 10 to 50, such as 1901, 1902, 1903, and any of the 1921's.

CC's are readily available in DMPL for 1882, 1883 and 1884. 1885, 1878 can be found with patience and money. 1881, 1880, and 1879 are much, much scarcer.

The most "common" DMPL's are 1881-S, 1880-S, 1884-O, 1884-CC, 1882-CC, 1883-CC, 1883-O, 1885, 1885-O, not in any particular order...1880-S and 1881-S tend to be the most available and also the most beautiful of all of the DMPL's.

I got me an 1884-S Morgan in EF45 condition. I got it graded and slabbed, PCGS. That cost me, but the next step up to AU50 is three times as much and going to MS60 is 72 times as much. If the did produce DMPL 1884-S the price would be off the charts. Either EF45 or AU and after that the price goes to the moon. When you get to certain Morgans money is the only answer. I guess you could trade for them if you have something to trade.