½ Dollar "Flowing Hair Half Dollar" obverse

½ Dollar "Flowing Hair Half Dollar" reverse

United States

½ Dollar "Flowing Hair Half Dollar" · “Flowing Hair Half Dollar”

United States · 1794–1795 · Silver

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The story

The Flowing Hair Half Dollar — America's First Fifty-Cent Piece

In 1794, a brand-new government in a brand-new building tried to do something it had never done: strike its own silver money. The Flowing Hair Half Dollar was one of the first results — crude, scarce, and now among the most coveted coins in American numismatics.

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Designer

Robert Scot

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Era

The Founding & the First Mint

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Catalogue

Issuer: United States
Years: 1794–1795
Metal: Silver

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