And you can almost certainly expect this trend to extend into the fall when the world’s most valuable coin, the 1794 “Flowing Hair” silver dollar, goes up for bid. The coin, which was ...

An extremely rare silver dollar minted in Philadelphia ... bar The Philadelphia mint produced 1,758 Flowing Hair silver dollars in October 1794. Only about 130 of them are still known to survive ...

Bruce Morelan, a coin collector and partner at Legend Rare Auctions in New Jersey, purchased the 1794 Flowing Hair Dollar at a 2013 Stack's Bowers auction for more than $10 million, the highest ...

A 1794 silver dollar, which many experts believe was the first such coin struck by the U.S. Mint, sold for a record $10 million at auction on Thursday. The Flowing Hair Silver Dollar more than ...

As CNN noted, the Philadelphia Mint started producing the silver dollar in October 1794, when 1,758 coins with the Flowing Hair design were struck in a single day. Those coins were not meant for ...

Read more: 10 Best Tips For Investing In Stocks As A Beginner The 1794 "Flowing Hair" silver dollar was never intended for circulation. At the time it was struck, the U.S. was still settling its ...

It wouldn’t be until October 15, 1794 that the Mint delivered what the Constitution specified would be the “cornerstone of the US monetary system,” the dollar made of silver. However ...

The medal pays homage to the Flowing Hair dollar coin, the first dollar coin issued by the U.S. Federal government on October 15, 1794. Mintage is limited to 75,000 medals. As part of the release ...