Owner Comments:
This 1795 Flowing Hair NGC: Very Fine – Details is a wonderful example! I’ve looked at many 1795 dollars and I am very pleased with the strike and eye appeal of this coin.
The Flowing Hair Silver Dollar is first silver dollar of the United States. Thus, it is an iconic coin for any collector to have in their collection. The Flowing Hair was only minted in 1794 and 1795.
Designed and engraved by Robert Scot; the 1794 has a low mintage of about 2,000 coins. Per Q. David Bowers the survival population is estimated to be between 150 to 200 coins. Therefore, making it available to all but the wealthiest collectors.
Estimates by numismatists of the number of 1795 Flowing Hair Dollars coined range from 160,295 to as many as 290,000, depending on how one interprets the several deliveries made from coiner to treasurer. Again, per Q. David Bowers the survival population is estimated to be somewhere between 3,600 to 3,800 coins. Making still a rare coin by any standard.