Meaning of quarter-eagle | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

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“It is alſo ſtated that the quantity of gold coin iſſued during the ſame period, has been 9177 eagles[,] 6400 half-eagles, 1756 quarter-eagles; equal to the value of 128,190 dollars.”

“Pretty little gloves pelted us with love-taps. The sterner sex forced upon us pocket-knives new and jagged, combs, soap, slippers, boxes of matches, cigars by the dozen and the hundred, pipes to smoke shag and pipes to smoke Latakia, fruit, eggs, and sandwiches. One fellow got a new purse with ten bright quarter-eagles.”

“Gold coins were in U.S. circulation through 1933, when the gold standard was abolished. Many were based on the $10 “eagle,” with corresponding quarter-eagles of $2.50, half-eagles of $5, and double-eagles of $20, along with 1-dollar gold pieces.”

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