xinfantry Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 I purchased this 1885 p morgan today in an OLD ANACS holder it's a straight grade ms62 DMPL. I'm wondering if it may be a proof 1885. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coinbuf Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Does not look like a proof or DMPL from your photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powermad5000 Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Most certainly not a proof. The details would be crisp, especially in the hair and the eagle on the reverse. It would also have more contrast and frost. There were only 930 proofs struck for this year. Your coin shows signs of a normal strike although probably struck from a recently changed set of dies. There were limited proofs struck and back when they were struck, unlike today, I seriously doubt a collector would have put their Morgan proof into circulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xinfantry Posted April 20 Author Share Posted April 20 powermad5000. I've seen a few graded proofs that you'd think how did anyone let that happen to it. Here is 3 examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powermad5000 Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 We can argue about impaired proofs all night, and you have a case on that end, but I still don't see your coin being a proof. I don't think the strike is commensurate with the strike of a proof Morgan. ThePhiladelphiaPenny and RonnieR131 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post J P M Posted April 20 Popular Post Share Posted April 20 It is a good looking 62 it looks better than any of my 62's We cannot see the coin in hand, but I think if you send it out for a regrade you would lose the DMPL. RonnieR131, powermad5000 and zadok 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sandon Posted April 20 Popular Post Share Posted April 20 Your 1885 has a beveled edge, not the square edge of a proof, and abrasions on Liberty's cheek that are indicative of its having come from a bag. There are flecks of mint frost in the fields that are consistent with the coin's being a prooflike circulation strike, not a proof. Actual proof Morgan dollars are quite different in appearance from prooflike circulation strikes. Mike Meenderink , zadok, J P M and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
