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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 ...
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]
Silver dollar coins. Flowing Hair dollar 1794–1795; Draped Bust dollar 1795–1803 Draped Bust, Small Eagle 1795–1798; Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle 1798–1803, 1804 (not a regular issue) Gobrecht dollar 1836–1839; Seated Liberty dollar 1840–1873 Seated Liberty, no motto 1840–1865; Seated Liberty, with motto 1866–1873
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 ...
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 ]
A 1793 Flowing Hair chain Cent A 1794 large cent. The obverse featured a bust of Liberty with a reverse of a ring of chains. Henry Voigt's design was almost universally criticized in its time for its unattractiveness and perceived allusion to slavery. It bears the distinction, however, of being the first official coinage minted by the United ...
The Draped Bust dollar is a United States dollar coin minted from 1795 to 1803, and was reproduced, dated 1804, into the 1850s. The design succeeded the Flowing Hair dollar , which began mintage in 1794 and was the first silver dollar struck by the United States Mint .