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ElmerFusterpuckElmerFusterpuck Posts: 4,786 ✭✭✭✭✭
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You usually see this term associated with Morgan dollars, and mostly for the early 80's S-mints. This 1882-S defines it well on the obverse IMHO. I've had this coin for over a decade and it resides in an MS-66 OGH. It's not a monster for sure, but the pastel colors along with the bowl luster make this coin really pop and make it one of the favorites in my collection. It's also a challenge to image but I did get pretty close. Feel free to post your examples!

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  • 3keepSECRETif2rDEAD3keepSECRETif2rDEAD Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image

    ...I always thought that this was from being dipped...thanks for putting me up on game image

    Erik
  • AuroraBorealisAuroraBorealis Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A couple of great examples of bowl luster! Elmer I like that one...
    Here`s one of mine that looks 3D... I call it "The Christmas Tree"....

    ABimage

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  • RampageRampage Posts: 9,512 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I had to do a double take of the title of the thread. For a minute I thought I read "bowel luster"...








  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,527 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here are two BOWLS you could eat out of....

    1895-O Die Cap Dime:
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    1898 Die Cap Brockage Quarter:
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,694 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am unfamiliar with the term. Who created it, and when?
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  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,772 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I hope Mike does well and his two capped pieces. The 95-o's is really neat.
  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,527 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I hope Mike does well and his two capped pieces. The 95-o's is really neat. >>

    image I have seen both and they are so freaking cool!
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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,757 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The weird die contours on the 1926 Philadelphia Sesquicentennial half dollar created the "bowl effect."

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    And is an ultimate bowl, a Great Depression era political token, that is shaped like the baseball commemorative coins that are in the works.

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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,055 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Here are two BOWLS you could eat out of....

    1895-O Die Cap Dime:
    image


    1898 Die Cap Brockage Quarter:
    image >>

    >>



    WOW!! What a cool looking coin!! image
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  • ElmerFusterpuckElmerFusterpuck Posts: 4,786 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I am unfamiliar with the term. Who created it, and when? >>



    I've actually used it myself for years, but Brandon Kelley also mentions it quite a bit on his website and uses the term on his explanations of luster on toned Morgans. Some of these dollars do appear to have a more concave surface than others, almost like 1921 Peace dollars. It seems like you don't see to many Morgans with this characteristic after 1882.

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  • ThePennyLadyThePennyLady Posts: 4,495 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Does this qualify?

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is the first time I have heard that term.... although I have seen the effect before. Cheers, RickO
  • ranshdowranshdow Posts: 1,442 ✭✭✭✭
    Every 1854-S $10 I've looked at in person has this effect to a greater or lesser extent. It's subtle in photographs though.

    I suspect only Coinfacts subscribers can see this one:

    1854-S PCGS AU55

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