DMPL - What is a DMPL Morgan Dollar?
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DMPL: abbreviation for Deep Mirror Prooflike (used by PCGS).
doctored: a coin that has been cleaned, altered, repaired, or otherwise "improved" to make it more valuable.
DMPL: The designation "Deep Mirror Prooflike" is used for coins that have deep reflective (almost mirror-like) fields ...
DMPL - Abbreviation for Deep Mirror Prooflike. Mostly used when describing Morgan Silver Dollars.
Doctored - Typically considered a derogatory term. A doctored coin has been enhanced by chemical or other means.
DMPL or DPL
See DEEP MIRROR PROOF-LIKE
Doctored
A coin which has been altered through noticeable, unnatural means. See also; CLEANED, ALTERED, DONE, TOOLED or ARTIFICIALLY TONED.
DMPL Short for deep mirror prooflike.
doctored Term used for a numismatic item that has been enhanced by chemical or other means. Usually, this is used in a derogatory way.
DMPL - or Deep Mirror Proof Like - an uncirculated coin (usually silver coin) that displays mirror like qualities of a proof coin. These coins usually demand a premium.
DMPL
Abbreviation for Deep Mirror Prooflike. An exceptionally deep mirror-like prooflike coin with little, if any, cartwheel lustre. Also see: DPL
Doctored ...
DMPL - Deep Mirror Prooflike - This refers to the reflectivity of the coin's surface. These are generally early minted coins from highly polished planchets thus producing a mirror like appearance.
DMPL coins are regular Morgan Dollars that were struck for circulation but have unusually frosted legends and devices and very reflective, mirror-like, fields.
DMPL - See "Deep Mirror Proof Like."
Doctored - Usually a pejorative reference for a numismatic item that has been artificially (fraudulently) enhanced. ...
DMPL (Deep Mirror Prooflike)
A term applied to a coin with deeply reflective fields, with a mirror-like appearance. Used frequently in describing certain Morgan silver dollars.
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DMPL - Deep Mirror Proof Like - Describes an uncirculated coin or silver dollar that is not a proof, but exhibits the mirror like qualities of a proof coin.
Those Morgan dollars that meet PCGS standards are designated deep mirror prooflike (DMPL). Coins that meet this standard graded by NGC are designated deep mirror prooflike (DPL). denomination The value assigned by a government to a specific coin.
DDO Double Die Obverse DDR Double Die Reverse DK Dark DMPL Deep Mirror Prooflike EF Extremely Fine EF+ Extremely Fine 43 EF-AU Extremely Fine 48, looks like an AU coin, ...
as a scratch, nick, ding, cleaning, hole or pitting date The year(s) shown on a coin, usually the same as the year it was minted dealer A person or company that regularly buys and sells numismatic collectibles deep mirror prooflike (DMPL) ...
deep mirror prooflike (DMPL) A grading term used to describe the fields of a coin. Demand note Demand notes, authorized in 1861, were the first paper money issued by the United States federal government for circulation.
DMPL Deep Mirror Proof Like. Business strike, with deep mirrored planchet. EAC Early American Coppers, Inc. Collector and dealer organization. EF (EF40, EF45) Extremely Fine. Grade. F (F12, F15) Fine. Grade. FA For Auction.
- There has been an "inflation" in the grading of prooflike coins, and while years ago a coin described as DMPL would be virtually indistinguishable from a Philadelphia Mint Proof, this is no longer the case.
Deep Mirror Prooflike (DMPL) - Having highly reflective mirrorlike fields, similar to a coin struck as a Proof.
Delamination - Metal missing or retained but peeling from the surface, due to incomplete bonding or impurities in the planchet.
deep mirror prooflike (DMPL)
Having highly reflective fields, similar to a coin struck as a proof.
delamination ...
1884-CC Morgan Dollar - VAM-2
These images are of the first half of the date and mintmark from an 1884-CC Morgan Dollar graded MS64 DMPL by ANACS. VAM-2 has doubling around the 1 and the 8 of the date and a doubled CC.
" We grade, authenticate, verify and list attributes for errors and varieties such 5, 5+, and 6 steps for Jefferson nickels, DM (deep mirror), DMPL (deep mirror proof like) for Morgan Dollars, ...
Any coin that has deeply reflective mirror-like fields, the term especially applicable for Morgan dollars. Those Morgan dollars that meet PCGS standards are designated deep mirror prooflike (DMPL).
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were made for every year in the series, but only a few brilliant proofs variously reported at 15 to 24 are known for 1921. Prooflike Morgans also are highly prized and are collected in both Prooflike (PL) and Deep-Mirror Prooflike (DPL or DMPL).
 See also: Dollar, Coin, Proof, Silver, Strike
  
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