1795 Flowing Hair Half Dollar - Silver Plug
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The 1795 Flowing Hair Half Dollar - Silver Plug is a half dollar from the Philadelphia Mint, belonging to the Flowing Hair Half Dollars 1794-1795 series. Every 1795 half dollar, plugged or not, is counted in the 299,680 figure; how many carry a silver plug is not recorded. The obverse features Liberty facing right with flowing hair, surrounded by stars, and the reverse displays a small eagle within an open wreath. Second and final year of the Flowing Hair Half Dollar. One 1795 obverse die has a boldly recut date. Struck in 90% silver, 10% copper, weighing 13.48 grams, 32.5 mm in diameter, with a lettered: fifty cents or half a dollar edge. The legal standard under the Coinage Act of 1792 was 89.24% silver, but the Mint's early half dollars were made at 90%. Cataloged as PCGS #86052.
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