Coin specifications and design
Design identification
Obverse: Liberty with flowing hair.
Reverse: Eagle within wreath.
U.S. Mint coin reference
1794-1795 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar
Flowing Hair dollars are the first U.S. silver dollars and legendary early type coins.
1794–1795 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar history notes
The Flowing Hair dollar was the first federal silver-dollar design placed into regular production. Robert Scot’s Liberty portrait and small eagle reverse were used for the 1794 issue and most dollars dated 1795 before the Draped Bust design entered production.
The Coinage Act prescribed a fineness of .8924 silver, but Mint records and numismatic research show that dollars actually made during calendar-year 1795 used approximately .900 silver. The distinction is between the legal standard and documented Mint practice, not a change to the coin’s authorized specifications.