PL and DMPL in the late 1800's....

[RockMyAmadeus]

Wow! That's more along the lines of what I was talking about!

[RWB]

Seems to have resolved itself.

[coinman1794]

 

I'm surprised how few people are aware of, and understand the concept of, Prooflike luster. MANY other coin types, coins in virtually every series in fact, can be found in PL. Granted, some are very rare. Many coins in the Seated series, especially into the 1870s and 1880s, are known to exist in PL, not just Morgan Dollars. I have handled PL world coins several hundred years old.

 

Here is my oldest Prooflike coin. A 1773 GB Farthing (mislabeled as a halfpenny) that has unusually glossy surfaces for the issue. To the casual observer, it almost looks like someone polyurethaned an average, satiny example. Actually, it was struck from heavily polished dies after someone tried to remove large rust lumps from the fields.