1795 Flowing Hair Dollar For Your Grading Consideration

Here is a 1795 Flowing Hair Dollar for your consideration. This one was probably struck in the summer of 1795. There was a delay in the production of silver dollars at the mint because mint officials were waiting for the delivery of a coin press that was large enough to strike dollars. The press did not arrive until May, I believe. Before then the mint struck half dollars instead, which explains why the 1795 Flowing Hair half dollar is that scarce compared to some other early silver coins.

In the fall the mint switched over the Draped Bust, Small Eagle design. That accounts for the two types that were issued in 1795.