Can An MS Graded Canadian Coin Be Cam Or DCAM?

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recollector Valued Member Canada 180 Posts	Posted 12/12/2023 04:49 am There are some MS graded coins in PCGS holders that look like CAM or DCAM. or are MS coins only uniformly lustrous across the whole field? Report this Post to the Staff

doubleeagle59 Pillar of the Community Canada 2494 Posts	Posted 12/12/2023 08:15 am any MS Canadian coins can have Cameos. The difference in grading is PCGS denotes Cam for both sides of a coins whereas ICCS will give a cameo grade (or higher) when only the obverse has a cameo effect. Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9664 Posts	Posted 12/12/2023 12:04 pm PCGS only designates PL coins as CAM or DCAM, not MS coins. Until recently PCGS did not designate any PL or MS cameo coins. There are many thousands of cameo coins in PCGS holders not designated as such. It's a new revenue stream for them, hoping you will resubmit your cameo PL coins, and sometime in the future MS coins. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Edited by DBM 12/12/2023 12:11 pm Report this Post to the Staff
tripoli Pillar of the Community Canada 854 Posts	Posted 12/12/2023 5:22 pm https://www.pcgs.com/news/pcgs-to-r...dian-strikes Report this Post to the Staff
Dollar 1935 Valued Member Canada 307 Posts	Posted 12/13/2023 2:07 pm Quote: PCGS only designates PL coins as CAM or DCAM, not MS coins.Until recently PCGS did not designate any PL or MS cameo coins. They did in the past, but it was quite rare : https://coins.ha.com/itm/canada/187...ction-120115 ''Buy the very best, stretch to buy it. It means if you can't afford to buy it, buy it anyway." -Steven Duckor Edited by Dollar 1935 12/13/2023 3:31 pm Report this Post to the Staff
recollector Valued Member Canada 180 Posts	Posted 12/14/2023 10:12 am How does an ms coin get a cameo effect? Don't cameo coins have some special striking that causes that effect? What makes them cameo in the first place? According to Mike Sargent, Director of World Coin Grading for PCGS, this move is being made in response to numerous inquiries and requests from the Canadian numismatic community. While cameo frosting has long been noted on full Proof issues, this designation is now being extended to both Specimen and PL strikes as well. From the above on the PCGS site, thre is no mention of MS coins. Why? Report this Post to the Staff
tripoli Pillar of the Community Canada 854 Posts	Posted 12/14/2023 2:59 pm 6bbSkrtuAwI Report this Post to the Staff
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