Pantone Dark Grey Suggestions

Hello,
I am trying to make business cards in Adobe Illustrator using the Pantone Color System. In my logo, the middle circle is a dark grey: C20 Y20 M20 K80. I can't find a suitable Pantone grey that is this dark. Pantone 425U is too light. Do you have any suggestions? Also, which Pantone Black is the darkest? Thanks.

David,
To think ink, and before seeing the back and still wondering what the paler grey was supposed to be, I was about to suggest a possible simple way of getting a hard hit on the black, namely overprinting with a reversal of the front colours, using two inks, namely Black 7 with 100% for the dark grey aperture (slightly increased to form a spread) and 50% for (the rest of) the background (the latter might suit you or not, still leaning towards the golden to an obviously different degree) and (the non golden) Black 6 on top as a Compound Path with the actual aperture and Type as holes (total background ink coverage 287).
Seeing the need for a 100% paler grey ink on the back (and the choice of the (neutral) Cool Gray 7) changes this, so you may use the Black 7 with (sufficient) spread into the Cool Gray 7 of the background round the aperture and still with Black 6 on top as a Compound Path with the actual aperture and Type as holes; you may find this too tricky, especially if you are far from the print shop, although the sheer darkness may cover any misregistration/exaggerated trapping (total background ink coverage 285).
Apart from the obvious advantages of your being able to walk into a nearby print shop, the choice of printer is a matter of trust/reputation concerning the whole work, not only inks, and applying to the specific printer rather than country.

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