DPL vs. DMPL
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First of all I'd like to thank LRCTom for this gorgeous DPL Morgan. I saw it and had to have it... 
Tom was gracious enough to hold it for me while I gathered up some disposable income.
For a guy like me with a limited coin budget, it was very much appreciated.
My question is...(maybe an obvious answer) Is there a difference between the DPL designation and DMPL given by NGC?
This is an older NGC slab and I thought maybe they changed the way they wrote the designation from DPL to DMPL.
I think it's stunning and very PQ for the 63 grade.
Tom was gracious enough to hold it for me while I gathered up some disposable income.
For a guy like me with a limited coin budget, it was very much appreciated.
My question is...(maybe an obvious answer) Is there a difference between the DPL designation and DMPL given by NGC?
This is an older NGC slab and I thought maybe they changed the way they wrote the designation from DPL to DMPL.
I think it's stunning and very PQ for the 63 grade.
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Congrats!
I wasn't trying to be deceptive with the angle at all but it does tend to show off the frost
pretty well.
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DPL is just NGC's term for DMPL. People will argue about differences between different services standards but the idea is the same. They are the designation for the frostiest devices with the deepest mirror like fields.
NGC and DPL requires less depth of mirrors than PCGS and DMPL.
PCGS has the strictest requirements for DMPL/DPL of any grading service. Currently I believe that it's 7-8 inches deep, while I've seen many NGC DPL coins that are at best 4-5 inches.
Many NGC DPL coins wouldn't make DMPL at PCGS.
Your example however I believe would easily cross to DMPL at PCGS....oibviously very deep mirrors....sweet frost and rim tone, too!
As for hairlines; generally those wouldn't be hairlines but die polish lines. And at least from those photos I don't see any.
Man, that is a gorgeous undergraded coin, too! I would be very surprised if it didn't cross to PCGS MS64DMPL.
Congratulations on aquiring a winner like that while on a tight budget---I know exactly how that goes.
---Ambrose Bierce, while attending a Heritage Auction at the 1907 Long Beach show
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Like I said, the minute I saw it, I knew it was a keeper.
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