hi, what tells the American story of why in the first dollar (flowing) you see 15 stars on the obverse and on the last dollars (morgan) only 13 stars. Don't present the stars on the dollars (peace and eisenhower) What is the reason? is there a reason or pure coincidence? thank you
Back the, 1795, they used a star for each state, then there were too many. Now, tradition, says 13 stars for the 1st 13 states
By 1795, there were 15 States that had joined the Union. The link below lists all of the States and when they joined. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_admission_to_the_Union Chris
as new states joined the US, new stars were added to the coins, but it was realized that a lot of new states would be added in the future and they'd run out of room for new stars, so they reverted back to 13 for the original 13 states and kept it at 13. They did the same thing for our flag, originally it was planned to add a new star AND a new stripe when a new state joined the union, but when they realized it would become a pinstriped monstrosity they reverted back to 13 stripes and kept it at 13.
now I understand, in fact, stars have not been added, but stars have been removed from 15 of the flowing to 13 of the following dollars until the end of 1921 and then eliminated from the clad dollar. Thanks you were very helpful
In the early years, the number stars reflected the number of states. When the mint opened in 1793, there were 15 states. Since stars were only included in the silver and gold coin designs, it did not come into play until 1794 when the mint issued the first silver dollars. When Tennessee entered the Union in 1796, a 16th star was added. The coins that best refects the "star policy" were the 1797 half dimes. They are the only denomination that had 15, 16 and 13 stars in the same year. Here is the order. At the beginning of the year, there were 15 stars on the obverse. Tennessee came into the Union in June which added a 16th star. If you look at the half dime and dime 16 star obverses, you will see little hash marks where the die maker when to great pains to fit the stars into the design. Finally mint officials realized that they could not add any more stars. They decided to make the number 13 stars in honor of the 13 original states. This 13 star 1797 half dime is a very scarce coin although you would never know that from the "Red Book" listing.
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