Question on CAMEO Morgan grading

JRocco

I have a question about a Morgan I picked up last weekend . Is there much of a price difference between a 85CC MS63 DMPL and a MS63 CAMEO DMPL? I am not looking to sell the coin, I am just trying to learn about the series so please put up with my questions. Here is a pic just as reference. The coin is in an ANACS slab.

K6AZ

PCGS doesn't designate cameo on it's holders. ANACS PLs are usually severely discounted compared to PCGS PLs. There is no way I can judge from even the best pictures, determining the PL designation is something that can only be done with the coin in hand.

One thing I can say is that I have broken out and attempted to cross several ANACS PLs at PCGS, and every one came back bodybagged with "altered surfaces". I tend to believe this is due to PCGS being brutal on them, not that the ANACS coins are bad. In my case I sent the coins back to ANACS who reslabbed them at the original grades.

JRocco

ttt - Can anyone else throw in their opinion?

CarlWohlforth

I think some folks use the word Cameo to stress how frosty their DMPL is. I had a few ANACS DMPLs and kept one because it is very frosty. All of the ANACS ones I've had, which is not many, didn't have the really deeply reflective mirror like fields that many people think DMPLs should have.

ultradmpldollars

ANACS doesn't require as many inches of depth in the mirros than PCGS does for DMPL coins..

Edited to add: I've only owned one ANACS CAMEO DMPL morgan, and it sold. I haven't seen any others around for a long time.

ElectricEye

I cracked one PL Morgan from ANACS and sent it to PCGS for grading ~ it came back MS63 so I returned it under review and it came back the second time MS63PL (obvious PL, perhaps the graders were blinded by the glare)