United States 1795 dollar KM-18

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.

Link to:

• 1795 "flowing hair" half dollar
• 1795 "flowing hair" silver dollar
• 1799 dollar, heraldic eagle reverse
• Coins and currency dated 1795
• return to United States Draped Bust Silver Dollars (1795-1804)