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''Specification:'' 13.48 g, .892 fine silver, 32.5 mm diameter, designed by Robert Scot.
 
''Specification:'' 13.48 g, .892 fine silver, 32.5 mm diameter, designed by Robert Scot.
  
''Catalog reference:'' KM limonite.
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''Catalog reference:'' KM 26.
  
 
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* Alexander, David T., ''Coin World Comprehensive Catalog & Encyclopedia of United States Coins,'' Sidney, OH: Amos Press, 1995.  
 
* Alexander, David T., ''Coin World Comprehensive Catalog & Encyclopedia of United States Coins,'' Sidney, OH: Amos Press, 1995.  
 
* Breen, Walter H., ''Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U. S. and Colonial Coins,'' New York: Doubleday, 1987.  
 
* Breen, Walter H., ''Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U. S. and Colonial Coins,'' New York: Doubleday, 1987.  
* 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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* Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), ''A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed.,'' Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.  
  
 
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* [[United States 1795 half dollar|1795 half dollar]]
 
* [[United States 1795 half dollar|1795 half dollar]]
 
* [[United States 1796 quarter dollar|1796 quarter dollar]]
 
* [[United States 1796 quarter dollar|1796 quarter dollar]]
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* [[United States 1796 dollar|1796 dollar]]
 
* [[United States 1798 5 dollars|1798 5 dollars]]
 
* [[United States 1798 5 dollars|1798 5 dollars]]
 
* [[United States 1799 dollar|1799 dollar]]
 
* [[United States 1799 dollar|1799 dollar]]
 
* [[United States 1800 half dime|1800 half dime]]
 
* [[United States 1800 half dime|1800 half dime]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1796]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1796]]
* return to [[United States Turban Head Half Eagles (1795-1807)]]
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* return to [[United States Draped Bust Half Dollars (1796-1807)]]
  
 
[[Category:Coinage of the United States]]
 
[[Category:Coinage of the United States]]

Latest revision as of 08:58, 3 October 2023

16 stars variety

This type was struck at the Philadelphia mint 1796-97. It is substantially rarer than the preceding flowing hair type and is one of the rarest United States coin types. Varieties exist with fifteen stars and sixteen stars on the obverse. The next issue of draped bust half dollars was in 1801 and used the large eagle reverse.

Recorded mintage: 3,918 for 1796-97.

Specification: 13.48 g, .892 fine silver, 32.5 mm diameter, designed by Robert Scot.

Catalog reference: KM 26.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Alexander, David T., Coin World Comprehensive Catalog & Encyclopedia of United States Coins, Sidney, OH: Amos Press, 1995.
  • Breen, Walter H., Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U. S. and Colonial Coins, New York: Doubleday, 1987.
  • Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.

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