1795 Flowing Hair Half Dollar
- Maker
- U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)
- Year
- 1795
- Rank
- 44 of 100
1795 Flowing Hair Half Dollar
1795 Flowing Hair Half Dollar by U.S. Mint (Philadelphia) (1795) is ranked 44 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $129,600 in January 2019. A first-year half dollar type from the dawn of U.S. silver coinage; a blue-chip early type coin.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
A first-year half dollar type from the dawn of U.S. silver coinage; a blue-chip early type coin.
50c silver, Flowing Hair, 2 Leaves, PCGS AU58 (toned)
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $129,600
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- January 2019
Heritage Auctions, January 2019. Toned AU-58 example realized $129,600. The Pogue MS64 PCGS brought $840,000 (Heritage, Jan 2023).
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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