The year of issue, “1794,” is depicted below her head. The eagle motif with its wings extended surrounded by a laurel wreath. The inscription “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” surrounds the wreath. The first ...

It's legal U.S. tender -- or, at least it was, for a time. The United States started minting dollar coins from silver in 1794, but they were intended as gifts, not spending money. The heyday of ...

Coin collecting may have been a niche hobby in times past, but an increased interest in numismatics -- whether due to macroeconomic pressures creating a swell of people looking for a valuable ...

American mints have been issuing silver dollars, coins with a $1 dollar face value that are made of 90 percent silver, since 1794. Since then, many kinds of silver dollar coins have been created ...

Take the 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar as an example, as it is one of the first silver dollars minted by the United States and was sold for over $10 million in 2013. There is even one in current ...

A 1794 silver dollar that experts believe was the first such coin struck by the U.S. Mint sold for a record $10 million at auction at Stack's Bowers Galleries. The coin, called the Flowing Hair ...