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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 ...
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.
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]
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 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 ...
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
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 ]
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 ...