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This type of silver dollar is not cheap but is the first that can be considered to be within the reach of ordinary collectors. The issues of 1794-98 are all very rare. For weight, diameter and fineness, the coin is a passable imitation of a Latin American portrait dollar (see [[Peru 1799-L IJ 8 reales|Peru 1799 8 reales]].)  This date is known in many varieties; this specimen is one of the common.
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The issues of 1794-98 are all very rare. For weight, diameter and fineness, the coin is a passable imitation of a Latin American portrait dollar (see [[Peru 1799-L IJ 8 reales|Peru 1799 8 reales]].)  This date is with "off-center bust" and "centered bust" varieties. The reverse was redesigned to use the heraldic eagle in 1798 and struck in that form through 1803.
  
''Recorded mintage:'' 423,515.
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''Recorded mintage:'' 42,738 + 160,295 of the Flowing Hair.
  
 
''Specification:'' 26.96 g, .892 fine silver, .773 troy oz ASW, lettered edge.
 
''Specification:'' 26.96 g, .892 fine silver, .773 troy oz ASW, lettered edge.
  
''Catalog reference:'' KM 32.
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''Catalog reference:'' KM 18.
  
 
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* [[United States 1795 dollar KM-18|1795 dollar, small eagle reverse]]
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* [[United States 1795 half dollar|1795 "flowing hair" half dollar]]
 
* [[United States 1799 dollar|1799 dollar, heraldic eagle reverse]]
 
* [[United States 1799 dollar|1799 dollar, heraldic eagle reverse]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1795]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1795]]

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US 1795 dollar Draped Bust.jpg

The issues of 1794-98 are all very rare. For weight, diameter and fineness, the coin is a passable imitation of a Latin American portrait dollar (see Peru 1799 8 reales.) This date is with "off-center bust" and "centered bust" varieties. The reverse was redesigned to use the heraldic eagle in 1798 and struck in that form through 1803.

Recorded mintage: 42,738 + 160,295 of the Flowing Hair.

Specification: 26.96 g, .892 fine silver, .773 troy oz ASW, lettered edge.

Catalog reference: KM 18.

Source:

  • Breen, Walter H., Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U. S. and Colonial Coins, New York: Doubleday, 1987.
  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 59th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2005.

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