1795 Flowing Hair Half Dollar for my Birthday!

I bought myself one of my dream coins for my birthday. As some of you know, I collect Bust Halves - but I've always wanted to get some of the earlier stuff. The flowing hair design has long been one of my favorites. However, finding just the right coin with enough details, good color, problem free, at the right price (all at the same time that I actually had the money for it).... next to impossible.

Finally, this one popped up in a dealers inventory. I jumped on it! I haven't taken pictures of it yet myself, but while researching the variety and value, I saw that it had sold a couple of times on Heritage, so here are some Heritage pictures.

Take a guess at the grade and variety (this is one of the absolute easiest varieties to identify!). Enjoy!

 

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Happy birthday! What an absolutely marvelous coin.

I would guess the grade to be VF30.

 

What a gorgeous coin! I'll guess VF35. Congratulations, and happy birthday.

 

Choice VF -- 30 or 35. O-113a. Happy Birthday! They day's not over, though. There's still time to bid on a 1794 in G6 on GreatCollections.

 

Happy birthday and that’s a sweet addition to your collection.

 

G is too low for me... I need it to be at least F but preferably VF. There have been a couple of 94's sold on Heritage over the last year that would have been a stretch coin, but not crazy.

The 94 half is *nothing* like the 94 dollar...

 

A over E and I like it at VF35. Fantastic piece! Happy Birthday to you, indeed.

My birthday is this month as well. I don’t think I’ll be getting a present like this one, though!

 

Beautiful, grade EN for extremely nice.

 

Congrats on getting a beautiful coin. That's one of those "I wish" coins, for my U.S. type set.

Happy Birthday.

 

Happy, Happy Birthday!!! So glad it all came together for you. And, that is a very nice coin. I won't even try to guess a grade, because that would be all it was, a guess. I'm not up on these enough to venture one. I'll just say, that's a very nice Birthday present!

 

Happy Birthday! And congrats on adding a cool coin!

VF 20 is my guess

 

@ldhair This is the coin I promised.

 

Very nice new acquisition!

 

Happy birthday! I love how those old eagles look like cormorants! It always makes me smile.

 

Hope you have or is it had, a marvelous birthday!
Congrat's on the purchase! Question. Why didn't they put the denomination on these?

 

Happy birthday and big congrats on your new cloin - it is a beautiful example and you can be proud to have it in your collection. Just one question: is that the true colour in-hand, or is it more subdued?

 

That's one beautiful coin. Coming on your birthday makes it that much better.

Bruce

 

good eye never noticed A over E until you mentioned it. A Beauty

 

You did good. Great coin.

 

The Heritage pictures are pretty good. In hand, the blue on the reverse is a bit more prominent. There are traces of luster that make it flash a bit.

As for everyone's guesses - yes, this is indeed the O-113a, A over E variety. PCGS graded it VF-35