One sided PL coins fall short of getting the designation.
Whether modern PL (or whatever the coin warrants grade wise) may or may not be worthy of a premium will largely depend on the surviving population.
Interest leading to demand will depend in part whether there are enough to promote. And if there are enough to promote, there is a greater likelihood that interest can evolve
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Justin is having a hard time making our shots of deep PROOFLIKE coins look as nice as Morgansforever pics on page 2 of this thread. Can anyone suggest the proper techniques to accomplish this? Thanks. Wondercoin.
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I have a 1944 Walking liberty half dollar that is full prooflike. Die were overpolished and this even resulted in the wings being detached from the eagle! It now resides in a SEGS holder graded MS 65 PL. Do not understand why PCGS has not gotten on board with the PL designation
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I can only imagine what kind of market would be made in PL PCGS coinage...crazy premiums...maybe that's one reason they don't do it? Because there are enough PL Morgans out there to quench demand, on the other hand is there enough PL gold out there to quench demand?
I don't think PCGS cares about the pricing ramifications and whether it would create artificial rarity (even though many PLs and DMPLs are legitimately scarce and/or rare). If PCGS considered such things, it would not have begun certifying moderns in ultra high grades to create "condition rarities" IMHO. And that isn't meant as criticism, but an honest observation.
P.S. Wondercoin - I suggested this to PCGS in the past and it did not seem interested. Maybe the request would have more meaning coming from you and/or others from the PCGS Board of Experts (i.e. it isn't just an esoteric collector). I truly think there is a market for the designation and that PCGS could increase revenue and its bottom line. Ditto for introducing something akin to the star designation.
For Canadian coins, MS and PL are distinctly different strikes. For the most part, Prooflike in the case of Canadian numismatics is more of an "almost Proof" rather than "a great business strike".
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Whether modern PL (or whatever the coin warrants grade wise) may or may not be worthy of a premium will largely depend on the surviving population.
Interest leading to demand will depend in part whether there are enough to promote. And if there are enough to promote, there is a greater likelihood that interest can evolve
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
I have a 1944 Walking liberty half dollar that is full prooflike. Die were overpolished and this even resulted in the wings being detached from the eagle! It now resides in a SEGS holder graded MS 65 PL. Do not understand why PCGS has not gotten on board with the PL designation
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NGC has done this for at least a decade now.
I don't think PCGS cares about the pricing ramifications and whether it would create artificial rarity (even though many PLs and DMPLs are legitimately scarce and/or rare). If PCGS considered such things, it would not have begun certifying moderns in ultra high grades to create "condition rarities" IMHO. And that isn't meant as criticism, but an honest observation.
And yes, please.
For Canadian coins, MS and PL are distinctly different strikes. For the most part, Prooflike in the case of Canadian numismatics is more of an "almost Proof" rather than "a great business strike".
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