What's the First Year of the Bust Dollar? (please respond)

nencoin

It will be interesting to see the answers.

chris

Numismanic

1794

braddick

1795. (1794 was the first year of the Flowing Hair dollar...)

ccr

According to http://www.coinfacts.com/ , It`s 1795.

Colorfulcoins

1795. I'd assume the 1794 & early 1795's are technically flowing hair dollars.......but what do I know?

ealandg

1794 for Flowing Hair, 1795 for Draped Bust.

Wondo

1795

DennisH

1795

cardinal

For "bust dollars" coined by the United States of America, I would have to say the first year was 1794. (I know some other countries produced dollar-sized coins -- the Spanish/Mexican 8 Reales coins -- which might also be labeled by some as bust dollars.)

The term "bust dollar" is often used interchangeably with the term "early dollar," to describe the silver dollars produced by the United States with the dates 1794 through 1804. Starting with the year 1794, the coins all depict a bust of Liberty, and so even the dollars of 1794 could reasonably called "bust" dollars. In recent times, people have commonly labeled the first style as "flowing hair dollars," and the second style as "draped bust dollars." However, in older texts, the first style was usually called the "undraped bust," versus the "draped bust" of the second style.

So, unquestionably, if the issue is the first year of the "draped bust" dollars, I would say 1795; but if the issue is the first year of "bust" dollars, I must go with 1794!

EVillageProwler

Daddy Dollars! First year of which is 1794. The "flowing hair" design is still of a bust design. Starting mid-95, they used the "draped" bust design.

Yippee for Daddy Dollars!



EVP

jcping

1795

topstuf

1971....The design of the Ike is a complete "bust."