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The Flowing Hair Dollar sold for $10 million at auction in 2013 to set a new world record for the highest price ever paid for a rare coin, CNN reported. ... This Silver Dollar Coin From 1794 Is ...
1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar Another example of this rare first-issue coin reached a sale price of over $2.8 million. Its value is attributed to its age, design and the limited number of coins ...
1794 Flowing Hair dollar: MS-64 United States Brand, Boyd, Cardinal Bowers Merena August 2010 $1,207,500 1866 No Motto Silver Dollar United States Wolfson, Jay, Delp ANR January 2005 $1,207,500 1804 Class III Silver Dollar United States Carter, Flannagan Bowers Merena July 2003 $1,200,000 1911 Hsüan-t'ung Dollar Pattern PR-63 China
The Flowing Hair dollar was the first dollar coin issued by the United States federal government. The coin was minted in 1794 and 1795; its size and weight were based on the Spanish dollar , which was popular in trade throughout the Americas.
This was the first dollar coin issued by the U.S. government and only 1,758 were ever minted. In 2013, the highest-graded version of the 1794 Flowing Hair Dollar sold for $12 million at auction ...
Flowing Hair large cent Flowing Hair large cent, 1793 (Copper) ... 1794 (P) 918,521 1795 (P) 37,000 Lettered edge (P) ... United States half dollar mintage figures.
In March 2004, the American Numismatic Association and the company's president, Steven Contursi, a professional numismatist since 1975, exposed new evidence about “Uncle Sam’s first buck.” [8] This specific coin, named the Neil/Carter/Contursi specimen 1794 Flowing Hair Dollar, [9] is believed by most experts to be the first silver dollar stuck in the U.S. Mint.
The Flowing Hair dollar, designed by Robert Scot, was initially produced in 1794, and again in 1795. In October 1795 the design was replaced by the Draped Bust dollar . In May 2010, a specimen striking from the 1794 production was sold in a private sale for $7.85 million , the highest selling price of any coin in history.