United States
½ Dollar "Flowing Hair Half Dollar" · “Flowing Hair Half Dollar”
United States · 1794–1795 · Silver
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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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