50 Cents, United States, 1794
date: label: Date made
content: 1794
name: label: mint
content: United States Mint
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 50 cent coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1794
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Right-facing Liberty with flowing hair. 15 stars.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / 1794
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Eagle within wreath.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
label: Description (Brief)
content: Edge Text: FIFTY CENTS OR HALF A DOLLAR
label: Description
content: The first half-dollar minted for circulation by the United States utilized a design known as Flowing Hair Liberty. The obverse bears 15 stars, one for each state in the union at the time the coins were created. Production began in December of 1794, and by year’s end, more than 23,000 of these silver coins had been minted.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0009.0024
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0009.0024
label: accession number
content: 1991.0009
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.7 mm x 32.6 mm; 1/16 in x 1 9/32 in