I consider this 2-point downgrade to actually be a slight upgrade…
lordmarcovan
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My Morgan dollar type coin.
Before: 1881-S, PCGS MS65. Common as a grain of sand on the beach, but Gem quality- nice bright white and lustrous.
After: 1880-S, PCGS MS63 DMPL. Still a very common date, but Deep Mirror Prooflike and housed in a cool early PCGS slab that’s probably 30+ years old. Anybody know which generation it is?
What do you think? Was the 65 to 63 drop worth it to get the DMPL? I think so.
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I think you made a good choice.
PCGS priceguide on the first coin is $265, and the new addition trends $300.
I think the new addition is Gen. 2.1 from October to December of 1989?
Meaning it just missed being in a now-coveted Gen. 2.0 “Doily” by a month or so.
I assume you checked the PCGS Coin Facts "Museum of Coin Holders".
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Yes.
Based on your pics, your 1880-S MS63 DMPL actually looks undergraded. The OGH is a nice bonus.
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Judging from the pictures, it look like you did well... I am not a label collector, so my preference is always the coin itself. Cheers, RickO
I've been looking at DMPL Morgan Dollars for my Box of 20... likely the last Morgan Dollar I'll even buy and they're tough to find with a relatively clean cheek... your 63 looks at least on par with most of the 64s I've seen. Nice "upgrade"!!
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Nice Upgrade. Put down the drill!!!
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My 79-O is from the same submission:
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That was a cool lot!
This too:
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There were 80 or 90 from the original submission…
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Sent in August of 1989
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Now if we could only find who submitted them and get other stories from where the coins came from....You used to be able to retrieve coins from NGC invoice submissions but then they started requiring you know the grades.
Its certainly a lot more interesting of a specimen than the most generic of generic Morgans, even at a lower grade. Nice switch!
@asheland said: Sent in August of 1989
Interesting!! Submission received while PCGS was still using the "Rattler" holder, in process when they were issuing the "Doily" holder and encapsulated in what PCGS now refers to as a "2.1" holder. To my thinking and according to the original analysis of PCGS holder Generations by Conder101 the OP's capsule fits between the Doily and the 2.1 since it is absent the initials "PCGS" at the top of the front insert.
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That 86 is a nice coin.
Not sure that would DMPL these days but easily a more attractive package. The OGH DMPL standards were strengthened later on to really account for measurable field depth which that one appears to lack somewhat. That said mirrors are hard to gauge by photos and I could be wrong
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
What is CPG for them?
No, I think you’re right. The contrast is there but not as strong as I’ve seen on some.