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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 ...
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 ...
1794 Flowing Hair Dollar. Still in Circulation: No. Approximate Value: $10 million. ... Get organizers for all of your Christmas decorations on sale now for as low as $10. AOL.
In total, 203,033 silver dollars were struck in 1795, [20] but it is unknown exactly how many of those were of the Flowing Hair type, as the Draped Bust dollar succeeded it in October 1795; [21] the Draped Bust dollar was designed by portraitist Gilbert Stuart at the behest of Rittenhouse's successor as Mint Director, Henry DeSaussure. [22]
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 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.
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 ...
The first dollar coins, known as Flowing Hair dollars, were issued by the Mint beginning in 1794. By 1800, a majority of depositors requested their bullion be struck as silver dollars, which were then utilizing the Draped Bust design. [ 11 ]