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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. That record was eclipsed in 2021 when a ...
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
A pattern for the Flowing Hair dollar, struck in copper without the obverse stars of the circulating issues. Early in 1794, engraver Robert Scot began preparing designs for the silver dollar. [11] Scot's initial design depicted a bust of Liberty, while his reverse featured an eagle, both required by the 1792 Coinage Act. [10]
Two varieties of the Stella were made: Liberty with flowing hair, designed by Charles E. Barber, and with coiled hair, designed by George T. Morgan. [1] The flowing hair variety is the most commonly seen variety. Even though the coin was designed as a pattern coin, [2] similar to the Gobrecht dollar, many catalogs list the coin as a regular ...
Flowing Hair coinage was issued in the United States between 1793 and 1795. The design was used for the first half dime , half dollar , dollar , and the first two large cents . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
The Coronet large cent was a type of large cent issued by the United States Mint at the Philadelphia Mint [1] from 1816 until 1857. [2]There are two similar designs of the Coronet large cent, the Matron Head and the Braided Hair, the latter with a slightly altered profile.
The first silver dollars, precisely 1,758 of them, were coined on October 15, 1794, and were immediately delivered to Mint Director David Rittenhouse for distribution to dignitaries as souvenirs. [12] Thereafter, until 1804, they were struck in varying quantities. There are two obverse designs: Flowing Hair (1794–1795) and Draped Bust (1795 ...
The Flowing Hair half dime was designed by Robert Scot and this same design was also used for half dollar and dollar silver coins minted during the same period. The obverse bears a Liberty portrait similar to that appearing on the 1794 half cent and cent but without the liberty cap and pole.