Today we spied another big deal from Ebay’s coin section. The 1794 Flowing Hair Half Dollar in XF was sold sold for US $10,949.00.

Its a very interesting american coin. Designed by Robert Scot, first half dollar type was introduced in 1794. The coin features a right-facing Liberty bust, hair flying back in the wind, and surrounded by stars. On the reverse is a rather scrawny-looking eagle. wings raised within a wreath.

In 1795, production soared for the Flowing Hair half dollar. The total mintage was recorded as 299, 680. This is the highest mintage of any of the Flowing Hair silver coins, whether dated 1794 or 1795. True, the 1795 half dollar mintage isn’t too much more than the 1795 dollar mintage, recorded at a little over 203,000 pieces. But even with nearly identical mintages, the 1795 Flowing Hair half dollar retails at $650 in Good, while the 1795 Flowing Hair dollar retails at $1,150 in Good. It’s a simple matter of demand—more collectors want the big silver dollar coin than want the smaller half dollar. That will probably always be the case. That means the 1795 half dollar will be your most obtainable Flowing Hair silver type coin, both in terms of availability AND price.

There are actually two major varieties of the 1795 Flowing Hair half dollar. There is the standard 1795 half dollar (the one that retails $650 in Good), and the “3 leaves” type 1795 half dollar which retails $1,050 in Good, $3,000 in Fine. There is also a minor 1795 variety, that being the “recut date” type. This variety retails just a little higher than the standard 1795 half dollar.