Let us talk about PL Morgan Dollars (You will be sorry if you don't read this thread)

Bear

Most magnificent DMPL Morgans with 13 inch depth

and super clean fields and rich frosting are already

for the most part sequestered in collections. What

we have left are still nice, but many have a degree

of cloudiness in the fields wich are 7-10 inches deep,

more chatter on the face and fields then one would

expect and price tags big enough to choke a horse.

Further there is the degree of frosting on the cake.

If the current DMPL has enough of one thing, it tends

to lack in other key areas.


Another interesting area for collectors of Morgan dollars

is the PL coins. These are coins with 4-7 inches deep fields

and many are very clean and free from the usual chatter. I

find that the contrast on many of them is superb and just

short of qualifying for the DMPL classification. Of course, these

beauties are much cheaper then their exalted brethren.

These beautiful coins may be the wave of the future in

collecting Morgans.

clarkbar04

I've been wanting a nice DMPL for my collection, but I will not buy one without first viewing it in person. Too many "photo tricks" can make a field look black, or poor photography can make a dmpl look PL at best.

DJCoinz

<< <i>I've been wanting a nice DMPL for my collection, but I will not buy one without first viewing it in person. Too many "photo tricks" can make a field look black, or poor photography can make a dmpl look PL at best. >>

I've been looking for a good one for my collection for a long time and as of yet I've had no luck in finding one with clean surfaces and dark mirrors without clouding. I think the market is starved for quality DMPL's.

Coxe

I have had the privilege of owning some magnificent DMPLs (and PLs) for quite a number of years. Recently enough, I began dispersing a limited number of the rarest of them. It was very difficult to see them go. OTOH I knew they were going to appreciative collectors and it was nice to do it when I really had to particular reason to sell. Can't blame financial circumstances or anything. I do agree that PLs are far underappreciated. The whole idea is that prooflike business strike Morgans should have characteristics shared with their proof cousins. Not all proofs have unlimited mirrors. Some aren't even impeccably well struck. A prooflike is that coin in a roll that stands out like it doesn't belong in a very good way.

Another related group that is going to be ripe for the future are the one-side prooflikes. Now that Morgan variety collecting has grown in sophistication, these strikes will variably be found to be rarer than appreciated in the past. A couple dates come to mind immediately if you have dealt with Morgans for a long time. These are not for type sets, like common date DMPLs might be, but for collections of the rarest varieties.

lcoopie

advice appreciated, wise one
certainly much nicer looking coins also

BAJJERFAN

What you said about the DMPLs and PLs Bear can likely be said about many of the other desireable Morgans in that a lot of the best ones are squirreled away by collectors/invetors/speculators.

Here is a nice IMO half DMPL like the kind that Coxe referred to......

etexmike

<< <i>Another interesting area for collectors of Morgan dollars

is the PL coins. These are coins with 4-7 inches deep fields

and many are very clean and free from the usual chatter. I

find that the contrast on many of them is superb and just

short of qualifying for the DMPL classification. Of course, these

beauties are much cheaper then their exalted brethren.

These beautiful coins may be the wave of the future in

collecting Morgans. >>



I already think they are the wave of the future.




Mike

PTVETTER

I think some may even be dmpl but didn't get the grade look closely and you will see