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1795 Half Eagle

The 1795 half eagle is an historic coin and certainly a tough coin. It is also a very interesting coin. It was produced with a small eagle or a large eagle on the reverse. It is an interesting situation because the large or Heraldic eagle reverse did not even exist in 1795.

In 1792, along with the other denominations, the half eagle had been approved. Like

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