1875 Half Dollar Patterns
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About This Coin
The 1875 Half Dollar Patterns is a United States half dollar from the Metric & Stella Patterns (1874-1879) series — the second year of the series. In 1875, coins were struck at the Philadelphia Mint. The obverse features experimental designs including the famous Stella ($4 gold piece) featuring Liberty with flowing hair or coiled hair and the reverse displays a five-pointed star containing the denomination FOUR DOL.. Minted during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, as the nation healed from civil war and debated the role of silver and gold in the monetary system. Struck in copper. Designed by Charles E. Barber (Flowing Hair) / George T. Morgan (Coiled Hair).