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Post a Pic of a Deep Cameo Prooflike Morgan Dollar..
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1883-CC $1 ANACS MS63 UDMPL
<< <i>ANACS called this one Ultra Deep >>
If the images are even close to accurate, I think they got it wrong.
The ICG looks like the frost was added. Note the under the chin frost that
would not normally be there, would it?
bob
<< <i>Wow, that first one, the 1881 is a stunner!!
The ICG looks like the frost was added. Note the under the chin frost that
would not normally be there, would it?
bob >>
I've seen PCGS graded with more frost than that on both sides.
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woops, its not the cameo requested...
I bought two of these fakes in the 1990s and was fooled until I realized that the small specks of "frosting" in the middle of the fields were not natural. When I rinsed the spots off easily with rubbing alcohol, I knew I had been duped. The baggy cheeks had huge hits and scratches that had been filled in with some kind of frosty "putty" that fooled me and the upstanding dealer who sold them to me. He bought them back and promptly sold them to another dealer at melt. That's when I knew he was one of the good guys.
Mike
reverse is not cameo, obv is.
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<< <i>Do they have to have heavy frosting to be DMPL? I saw a nice coin at my local B&M and the fields were liquid mirrors but the obverse frosting was not all that intense. Some frosting but not major. >>
Frosting not required. Without the frost they tend to be referred to as brilliant DMPL's as opposed to cameo DMPL. Post 1900 you tend to only see brilliant DMPL's along with a few other post 1890 mintages.
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Oh my the frosting is on the fields of the coin! I think PCGS needs to do a buy back!
<< <i>Wow, that first one, the 1881 is a stunner!!
The ICG looks like the frost was added. Note the under the chin frost that
would not normally be there, would it?
bob >>
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<< <i>Wow, that first one, the 1881 is a stunner!!
The ICG looks like the frost was added. Note the under the chin frost that
would not normally be there, would it?
bob >>
That is a pretty common halo effect on the mid 80's CC morgans.
would not normally be there, would it? >>>
That is what's known as the 'halo' effect and was caused by die preparation at the mint. It is most typically seen on some of the common date CC dollars on either the obv. or rev. or both, and is considered a desirable attribute by most prooflike Morgan collectors.
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<< <i>Wow, that first one, the 1881 is a stunner!!
The ICG looks like the frost was added. Note the under the chin frost that
would not normally be there, would it?
bob >>
That is a pretty common halo effect on the mid 80's CC morgans. >>
I agree with Todd (about it not being added frost), meaning I disagree with the other two guys
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<< <i>All the colors make it hard to image the mirrors & cameo effect on this one... >>
Wow. Nice toner DMPL!
I also like those old ANACS mini-holders!
Mike
Larry L.
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<< <i>Do they have to have heavy frosting to be DMPL? I saw a nice coin at my local B&M and the fields were liquid mirrors but the obverse frosting was not all that intense. Some frosting but not major. >>
Frosting not required. Without the frost they tend to be referred to as brilliant DMPL's as opposed to cameo DMPL. Post 1900 you tend to only see brilliant DMPL's along with a few other post 1890 mintages. >>
Thanks
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Better pics.....
I know, it's more fun to photograph them in a way that makes the planchet look black. My photography method is a bit crude--a flatbed scanner.
<< <i>Its raw, but I had it 46 years and it came from a bag of 1000. A coin dealer purchased over 200 bags and I helped my dad arrange the delivery and count a few bags to verify contents. The rest were weighed. It was my present for helping, I was 7 years old.
Great story and an awesome 82-S!