Values
A Flowing Hair dollar is the first United States silver dollar. This page is a series reference, not a price list.
The mintage chart leaves G, VF, and MS-63 blank. The NGC US Coin Price Guide file retrieved 2026-08-21 does not cover this piece. Do not paste an auction hammer into the grade columns.
If you have one and want to sell it, start with how to sell a coin collection. The Draped Bust dollar replaces this hair in October 1795. The Flowing Hair half is the half dollar, and that page does have a two-year table.
Key Dates
1794 is the first year. 1795 runs until the draped bust replaces it in October.
The October 15, 1794 delivery to David Rittenhouse is a delivery, not a year total. It is not a chart row.
Errors
Delivery used as the year. The first sack of 1794 dollars is not the whole year. The chart stays empty rather than pretend it is.
Draped bust dated 1795. Loose hair is this page. A draped shoulder is the next page, even in the same year.
Plugged or repaired coins. A repair is damage. It is not a mint variety and not a mintage.
Compare the coin to the NGC Coin Explorer. That category includes the draped bust. We do not host their plates.
Varieties
1794 and 1795 are the series. The reverse is a small eagle in a wreath. The 1795 wreath is the variety guides name.
- 1795 two leavesTwo leaves under each wing of the eagle. Guides list it beside the three-leaf wreath.
- 1795 three leavesThree leaves under each wing. It is a wreath variety, not a second year.
Names follow PCGS CoinFacts and NGC, the same publishers this site already cites. This is a name list, not a price list and not a count.
Mintage
Flowing Hair dollars of 1794 and 1795.
| Year | Mint | Mintage | G | VF | MS-63 |
|---|
Mintage: the note under this table names the page that printed each count. These figures are not an NGC Coin Explorer extract and they are not the 1974 Mint pamphlet.
Collector-standard year/mint presentation follows A Guide Book of United States Coins (the Red Book). These cells are Mint manufacture figures, not a Red Book net or melt.
Values: NGC US Coin Price Guide, retrieved 2026-08-21. Guide values, not offers. Not melt. NGC IDs link to the same publisher’s price-guide listing.
Key date names: NGC Coin Explorer. Bold rows are only dates that publisher named.
The chart is empty on purpose. The Wikipedia Flowing Hair dollar article does not print a year-by-year mintage table. A single 1794 delivery figure is not the year. Because the coin is a circulation type, a future table of the two year counts would belong here. A remembered count does not.
The grade columns are empty because this site has no NGC guide extract for this coin.
Specifications
These are mint specs, not what a dealer pays. Wear can take a little weight off. We will not invent a tolerance. The weight row is the 1792 standard for a dollar. No catalog page used here prints a thickness.
| Specification | Figure |
|---|---|
| Diameter | Not printed |
| Thickness | Not printed |
| Weight | 416 grains standard (Coinage Act of April 2, 1792) |
| Composition | 1,485/1,664 silver, the rest copper (Coinage Act of April 2, 1792) |
| Edge | Not printed on a cited catalog page |
| Designer | Robert Scot |
No catalog page used for the Flowing Hair dollar prints a thickness. Diameter and thickness stay Not printed. The weight is the 1792 dollar standard. A 1794 delivery is not this weight row.
Grading
A Flowing Hair dollar wears first in the loose hair and on the small eagle.
A draped shoulder is the next dollar, even in 1795. Do not average the two portraits.
Key Diagnostic Areas
| Area | What to examine | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Hair | The loose hair over the forehead. | That hair is the type. Drapery means you have left this page. |
| Small eagle | The eagle in the wreath. | One reverse. A heraldic eagle is the later draped bust. |
| Edge | The lettered edge. | Worn letters are wear. Do not recut the edge. |
| Surfaces | Adjustment marks. | Filing to weight is a Mint practice. Tooling it is damage. |
Circulated & Mint State
These cards describe this coin, not a second copy of the P-1 through MS-70 chart. The shared numbers live on the glossary.
See graded photos. The photos that show what VF looks like live at PCGS. We do not host their plates. NGC Coin Explorer is another look if you want a second set.
What each named grade looks like on this design.
Poor
Poor
A disk you can still call a Flowing Hair dollar if you already know the type.
- The hair and the small eagle are gone.
- The date may be a shadow. Do not scrape it.
- Shine does not make this a better coin.
AG
About Good
You might read a digit. The high points on this Flowing Hair dollar are already slick.
- The hair and the small eagle are worn to a blank patch.
- If you cannot read the date without hoping, stay here.
- A 1794 is still this grade if it is this worn.
Good
Good
The date is readable. The design is still mostly an outline.
- The hair and the small eagle are flat. The type is an outline, not a portrait.
- The rim should be full enough to hold the legend.
- This is a worn coin, not a details story.
VG
Very Good
The date is clear. A little life returns away from the high points.
- Some leftover detail sits away from the hair and the small eagle.
- The high points are still tired.
- Do not clean the date to “see it better.”
Fine
Fine
You can follow the design. The high points are outlined, not sharp.
- The hair and the small eagle are outlined and flat — no real sharpness yet.
- The rest of the coin can look busier than the grade.
- The date should be clear. The mint mark should be too, if there is one.
VF
Very Fine
The type is doing real work. The hair and the small eagle still decide.
- Leftover detail sits on the hair and the small eagle. The centers are still the worn spot.
- Marks do not raise the grade.
- A regular 1794 is still this grade if it is this worn.
EF
Extremely Fine
Most of the coin looks sharp. The high points tell on it.
- Light wear on the hair and the small eagle.
- The rest of the coin can look better than the grade. Trust the high points.
- The date should be sharp.
AU
About Uncirculated
Almost no wear — and “almost” lives on the same high points.
- A trace of rub on the hair and the small eagle.
- Luster may still sit in the fields. Rub on those high points is still rub.
- A bright coin with a slick high point is still slick.
Basal MS
Mint State
No wear. The fight is marks and luster, not how white the coin looks.
- No rub on the hair and the small eagle.
- Marks and luster decide how this mint-state coin lives.
- A bright chewed-up coin is still chewed-up.
Choice
Choice Mint State
Still no wear. Cleaner fields than basal mint state.
- Same no-wear rule on the hair and the small eagle.
- Fewer marks in the fields. Luster is more intact.
- White is not a grade.
Gem
Gem Mint State
A clean Flowing Hair dollar for this type. Still mint state, still not a story.
- No wear on the hair and the small eagle.
- Marks and luster, not a romance about a date or a white field.
- A slab is an opinion in plastic. The glossary has the numbers.
This page does not invent a PR price grid. The proof numbers live on the glossary.
Copper color designations do not apply to this silver coin. See the Lincoln Wheat cent and the glossary.
Overview
The Flowing Hair dollar is the 1794–1795 silver dollar designed by Robert Scot. Liberty’s hair is loose. The reverse is a small eagle in a wreath. The coin was the Mint’s first dollar, struck to the Spanish-dollar weight the 1792 act tried to match.
The photograph is a 1795 Flowing Hair dollar from the National Numismatic Collection.
This page is a series article, not a shop listing.
History
Congress authorized the dollar in 1792. Silver dollars waited until 1794, after the assayer’s bond and the Mint’s machinery were in place. The dollar article records that the first coins were delivered to Director Rittenhouse on October 15, 1794. The Flowing Hair dollar article tells the design story through the change to a draped bust in October 1795. Neither article is a year ledger. The half dollar of the same type does have a ledger, and it is not copied onto this dollar.
Gobrecht dollars are a later restart, after silver dollars had stopped.
Design
Obverse: Liberty facing right, flowing hair. Reverse: small eagle in a wreath. Edge: lettered. No mint mark.
The hair and the eagle are the type. Drapery at the shoulder means the coin has crossed into the next series. Adjustment marks are a weight correction, not a scratch to polish out.
People Also Ask
Why is the chart empty when a 1794 delivery is famous?
The dollar article says the first delivery on October 15, 1794 was a stated number of coins handed to the Mint director. That delivery is not the full-year mintage, and the Flowing Hair dollar article does not print a year table.
Does 1795 include draped bust dollars?
The design changed in October 1795. Draped Bust dollars are the next page. This page does not split 1795 without a cited table.
Is this a Morgan dollar?
No. Morgan dollars begin in 1878. This is the first silver dollar type.
How much is a Flowing Hair dollar worth?
This page does not print guide prices. The NGC US Coin Price Guide file retrieved 2026-08-21 does not include this coin. An auction result is not a guide cell.
Collector Considerations
Two dates, one of them shared with the draped bust. If the bust is draped, use the other page even when the date is 1795.
Do not put the October 1794 delivery in the table. Do not borrow the half-dollar totals. They are a different denomination with their own article.
The Gobrecht dollar is the 1830s return of the silver dollar. It is not this hair.
A Final Word
The Flowing Hair dollar page is the first dollar and an empty chart. A delivery is not a year total.
An auction story is not a mintage.