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1795 Half Dollar Speaks Volumes of U.S. Mint History

Some coins whisper. Other coins speak volumes, and the 1795 half dollar is one of the latter. The Mint in 1795 was not much of a facility. Coins had been authorized and production had begun, but to say that production was modest would be a definite understatement.

The first years of coin production in 1793 and 1794 had

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