The mint didn't break out numbers for the two seperate years. The number 86,416 is the total mintage for 1794 + 1795 combined. I bet there's some interesting history in that; hopefully there's a specialist / historian who can tell the tale. Like other flowing hair silver, the 1795 is much more common* than the 1794. Based on NGC census, there are almost three times as many '95s as '94s (326 to 110). Similar story at PCGS - 470 to 169. If one takes a 3:1 ratio and applies it to the total mintage 86,416, it works out to 64,812 1795s and 21,604 1794s. But that's just a scientific wild guess, nothing more. * "common" is a relative term !
Thanks. i do know the 95's are more common. That is the only way I will ever have some of the early us silver. I don't think very many of us will ever own a 1974 dollar, but I do have a 1795. I have been toying with the idea of putting together a 1795 date set, minus the gold of course.
http://www.chicagocoinclub.org/lib/us/usmnt/1796/mr.html here is the mint report for 1795-1796. i will add more 1795 mint info in the morn. as i do not have the lit. with me.
CPD - you might find this info helpful at sometime - United States Mint Reports for the Years 1792 to 1892 It is listed in the Numismatic Resources section.
Although they were dated 1794 all of the 94 half dimes were minted in 1795. And the mintage figures were kept by the number of coins turned over by the coinr to the treasurer. They were not recorded as to what date they were. It is also possible that some 1795 half dimes were made in 1796 as well which would confuse the records even more. The practice of using the dies until they were worn out or failed meant that often the etter of the lw was not observed and coins were struck dates that did NOT match that of the calendar year they were struck in.
