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In 1795-1797, a scrawny, naturalistic bald eagle was depicted on the reverse side of all silver coins. This design is known as Draped Bust, Small Eagle and usually commands a high price due to the extremely low mintage at the time. In 1798, the small eagle was replaced by the Heraldic eagle. This design is known as Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle.
Draped Bust large cent, 1796–1807 (Copper) Year Mint Mintage Comments 1796 (P) 363,375 1797 (P) 897,510 1798 (P) 1,841,745 1799 (P) 42,540 1800
The dime, in United States usage, is a ten-cent coin, one tenth of a United States dollar, labeled formally as "one dime". The denomination was first authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792 . The dime is the smallest in diameter and is the thinnest of all U.S. coins currently minted for circulation, being 0.705 inches (17.91 millimeters) in ...
A 1797 large cent. The Mint caved in to the intense ridicule later in 1793, and Mint Director David Rittenhouse ordered Adam Eckfeldt to revise the obverse and reverse designs. Liberty's bust was redesigned with even longer, wilder hair, and the chain was removed from the reverse in favor of a wreath.
The Draped Bust dollar is a United States dollar coin minted from 1795 to 1803, and was reproduced, dated 1804, into the 1850s. The design succeeded the Flowing Hair dollar , which began mintage in 1794 and was the first silver dollar struck by the United States Mint .
The Half Cent, 1793–1857 The Story of American's Greatest Little Coin by William R. Eckberg, 2019; The Half Cent Handbook – Draped Bust Varieties 1800–1808 by Ed Fuhrman, 2020. The Half Cent Handbook – Classic Head & Braided Hair Varieties by Ed Fuhrman, 2021. The Half Cent Handbook – Liberty Cap Varieties 1793–1797 by Ed Fuhrman, 2022.