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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