1795 Draped Bust, Centered Dollar

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The 1795 Draped Bust, Centered Dollar is a special strike dollar from the Draped Bust Dollars 1795-1804 series. The usual figure for 1795 Draped Bust dollars is 42,738, reconstructed from the year's deliveries; Q. David Bowers estimated 110,000, and the Mint reported 203,033 dollars of both designs for 1795. The obverse features Liberty facing right with draped bust and ribbon-bound hair, a portrait traditionally credited to Gilbert Stuart, and the reverse displays a small eagle standing on a cloud, inside an open wreath. Designed by Robert Scot after Gilbert Stuart. Struck in 90% silver, 10% copper, 40 mm in diameter. In 1795 the Mint made its dollars at 90% silver, not the 89.24% standard set by the Coinage Act of 1792. Cataloged as PCGS #6869. The Draped Bust Dollar continued the silver dollar series with a design traditionally credited to Gilbert Stuart.