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Eagle (United States coin)

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With the Coinage Act of 1837, passed on January 18, 1837, a small change in the fineness of the gold (increased to exactly .900 fine) was made, and the alloy (now 10% of the coin's weight) was again legally defined as silver and copper, with silver capped at no more than half. (i.e. 5% of total coin
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In 1834, the mint's 15:1 legal valuation of gold to silver (i.e. 15 weight units of silver and 1 weight unit of gold have the same legal monetary value) was changed to 16:1, and the metal weight-content standards for both gold and silver coins were changed, because at the old value ratio and weight
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from 1850–1933, with occasional production gaps for each type. Except for the double eagle, the diameters of all these denominations were decreased over time. The following table presents the diameters of each of the denominations, in millimeters (mm), according to the first year that diameter was
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used in that coin. In this regard the United States followed long-standing European practice of different base-unit denominations for different precious and semi-precious metals. In the United States, the cent was the base-unit of denomination in copper. The dime and dollar were the base-units of
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denomination in silver. The eagle was the base-unit of denomination in gold although, unlike "cent", "dime" (or "disme"), and "dollar", gold coins never specified their denomination in units of "eagles". Thus, a double eagle showed its value as "twenty dollars" rather than "two eagles".
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Between 1838 and 1840, the silver content was reduced to zero—the eagle in 1838, half eagle in 1839, and quarter eagle in 1840, — resulting in U.S. gold coins being 90% gold and 10% copper. Using only copper as the alloy in gold coins matched longstanding English practice (see
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first flight at Kitty Hawk. The pre-1933 .900 fine gold standard was restored; this would also be used in half-eagle gold commemoratives as well. The coins would be identical in fineness and size to their pre-1933 counterparts of the same face value. In 2000 a unique eagle, the
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The eagle was the largest of the five main decimal base-units of denomination used for circulating coinage in the United States prior to 1933, the year when gold was withdrawn from circulation. These five main base-units of denomination were the
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weight) The new standard for the $ 10 eagle was 258 grains (16.7 g) of .900 fine gold, giving pure gold content of 0.48375 troy ounces (15.046 g), with other coins proportionately sized.
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The United States' circulating eagle denomination from the late 18th century through to the first third of the 20th century should not be confused with the
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Each of the five remaining design types: (1) 1839 Liberty Head (old), (2) 1865 Liberty Head (new), (3) 1866 Liberty Head (new, motto), (4) 1907
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The three $ 10 commemorative coins: (1) 1984 Summer Olympics, (2) 2000 Library of Congress, and (3) 2003 First Flight Centennial
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Originally the purity of all circulating gold coins in the United States was eleven twelfths pure gold (the same 22
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content, it was profitable to export and melt U.S gold coins. As a result, the specification for
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program the United States mint has issued several commemorative eagle coins. In 1984,
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1/24 (0–4.167%) silver, with the remaining fraction, (4.167–8.333%), copper.
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were issued for circulation by the United States Mint from 1795–1933,
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First two design types of the eagle coin with Turban Head obverse (
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was lowered from 22 karat (.9167 fine) to .8992 fine (21.58 kt).
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of circulating, standard gold, $ 10 eagles was set at 270
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2016: 2011: 2007: 2003: 1999: 1998: 1993: 1989: 1985: 1981: 1980: 1975: 1971: 1970: 1965: 1961: 1960: 1955: 1951: 1950: 1945: 1941: 1940: 1935: 1931: 1930: 1925: 1921: 1920: 1915: 1911: 1907: 1906: 1901: 1897: 1896: 1891: 1887: 1886: 1881: 1877: 1876: 1871: 1870: 1868: 1866: 1862: 1854: 1850: 1846: 1845: 1840: 1836: 1835: 1830: 1826: 1825: 1820: 1816: 1815: 1810: 1806: 1805: 1800: 1796: 1795: 1790: 1786: 1785: 1780: 1776: 1775: 1770: 1766: 1765: 1760: 1759: 1757: 1755: 1751: 1743: 1742: 1737: 1733: 1732: 1727: 1723: 1722: 1717: 1713: 1709: 1705: 1701: 1697: 1693: 1689: 1685: 1681: 1677: 1673: 1669: 1665: 1664: 1659: 1655: 1654: 1649: 1645: 1644: 1639: 1635: 1634: 1629: 1625: 1624: 1619: 1618: 1616: 1614: 1613:Quarter (25¢) 1610: 1602: 1601: 1596: 1595: 1593: 1591: 1587: 1579: 1578: 1573: 1569: 1568: 1563: 1559: 1558: 1553: 1549: 1548: 1543: 1539: 1538: 1533: 1529: 1528: 1523: 1519: 1518: 1513: 1510: 1509: 1505: 1504: 1502: 1500: 1496: 1488: 1487: 1482: 1478: 1477: 1472: 1468: 1467: 1462: 1458: 1457: 1452: 1448: 1447: 1442: 1438: 1437: 1432: 1428: 1427: 1422: 1418: 1417: 1412: 1408: 1407: 1402: 1398: 1397: 1392: 1391: 1389: 1387: 1382: 1378: 1370: 1369: 1364: 1360: 1359: 1354: 1350: 1349: 1344: 1343: 1341: 1339: 1335: 1327: 1326: 1321: 1317: 1316: 1311: 1310: 1308: 1304: 1296: 1295: 1290: 1286: 1285: 1280: 1276: 1275: 1270: 1266: 1265: 1260: 1256: 1255: 1250: 1246: 1245: 1240: 1236: 1235: 1230: 1226: 1225: 1220: 1216: 1215: 1210: 1206: 1205: 1200: 1196: 1195: 1190: 1186: 1185: 1184:Silver center 1180: 1176: 1175: 1170: 1169: 1167: 1165: 1160: 1156: 1148: 1147: 1142: 1138: 1137: 1132: 1128: 1127: 1122: 1118: 1117: 1112: 1108: 1107: 1102: 1101: 1099: 1097: 1093: 1089: 1082: 1077: 1075: 1070: 1068: 1063: 1062: 1059: 1053: 1049: 1046: 1043: 1040: 1037: 1036: 1032: 1026: 1022: 1018: 1014: 1010: 1004: 1000: 996: 994: 989: 985: 981: 980: 976: 968: 964: 961: 956: 953: 940: 936: 935:USA Coin Book 932: 926: 923: 920:at USmint.gov 919: 915: 912: 908: 903: 900: 896: 891: 889: 885: 882:at USmint.gov 881: 877: 874: 871:(Section 12) 870: 865: 862: 858: 853: 850: 846: 841: 838: 831: 826: 825:English eagle 822: 820: 819:Quarter eagle 817: 815: 812: 810: 807: 805: 802: 800: 797: 795: 792: 790: 787: 785: 782: 780: 777: 776: 772: 761: 758: 747: 744: 733: 728: 723: 720: 715: 712: 711: 709: 704: 701: 700: 698: 695: 694: 690: 688: 686: 672: 667: 663: 662:another eagle 659: 655: 651: 635: 624: 613: 601: 599: 597: 591: 584: 582: 580: 579:standard gold 573: 565: 563: 561: 557: 553: 548: 546: 542: 538: 534: 530: 522: 516:34.0 mm 515: 512: 509: 506: 503: 502: 498: 495: 492: 489: 486: 485: 481: 478: 475: 472: 469: 468: 464: 461: 458: 455: 452: 451: 447: 444: 441: 438: 435: 434: 430: 427: 424: 421: 418: 417: 413: 410: 407: 404: 401: 400: 396: 393: 390: 387: 384: 383: 380:Double Eagle 379: 376: 373: 371:Quarter Eagle 370: 367: 366: 363: 360: 359:double eagles 356: 352: 348: 338: 328: 317: 306: 295: 284: 272: 270: 268: 264: 260: 256: 252: 247: 244: 240: 236: 232: 228: 224: 219: 217: 213: 209: 208:quarter eagle 205: 201: 197: 193: 187: 185: 181: 177: 173: 169: 168:United States 165: 155: 151: 141: 130: 115: 112: 104: 101:February 2013 93: 90: 86: 83: 79: 76: 72: 69: 65: 62: –  61: 57: 56:Find sources: 50: 46: 40: 39: 34:This article 32: 28: 23: 22: 19: 3173:Prestige Set 3161:Souvenir Set 3136:Special sets 3102:Gold Buffalo 3084:Silver Eagle 2921: 2575:Double eagle 2568: 2396: 2395: 2385: 2375: 2357: 2347: 2342:(1879–1880) 2339:Stella ($ 4) 2337: 2327: 2317: 2293:(1907–1933) 2288: 2278: 2270:Liberty Head 2268: 2250:(1907–1933) 2245: 2240:(1838–1907) 2237:Liberty Head 2235: 2230:(1795–1804) 2225: 2217:Eagle ($ 10) 2216: 2207:(1908–1929) 2202: 2197:(1839–1908) 2194:Liberty Head 2192: 2187:(1834–1838) 2184:Classic Head 2182: 2177:(1808–1834) 2172: 2167:(1795–1807) 2162: 2144:(1854–1889) 2139: 2123:(1908–1929) 2118: 2113:(1840–1907) 2110:Liberty Head 2108: 2103:(1834–1839) 2100:Classic Head 2098: 2093:(1808–1834) 2088: 2083:(1796–1807) 2078: 2060:(1854–1889) 2055: 2050:(1849–1854) 2047:Liberty Head 2045: 2018:(2018–2032) 2013: 2006:Presidential 1995: 1982:(1975–1976) 1977: 1972:(1971–1978) 1967: 1957: 1947: 1942:(1873–1885) 1937: 1932:(1840–1873) 1927: 1922:(1836–1839) 1917: 1903: 1898:(1794–1795) 1895:Flowing Hair 1893: 1883: 1873: 1865:Dollar ($ 1) 1855:(1975–1976) 1842: 1837:(1948–1963) 1832: 1827:(1916–1947) 1822: 1817:(1892–1915) 1812: 1807:(1839–1891) 1802: 1797:(1807–1839) 1792: 1787:(1796–1807) 1782: 1777:(1794–1795) 1774:Flowing Hair 1772: 1762: 1744:(2027–2030) 1740: 1739: 1730: 1729: 1724:(2022–2025) 1719: 1706:(2010–2021) 1690:(1999–2008) 1682:(1975–1976) 1674:(1932–1998) 1666:(1916–1930) 1661: 1656:(1892–1916) 1651: 1646:(1838–1891) 1641: 1636:(1815–1838) 1631: 1626:(1796–1807) 1621: 1603:(1875–1878) 1598: 1575: 1570:(1916–1945) 1565: 1560:(1892–1916) 1555: 1550:(1837–1891) 1545: 1540:(1809–1837) 1535: 1530:(1796–1807) 1525: 1515: 1506: 1484: 1479:(1913–1938) 1474: 1469:(1883–1913) 1466:Liberty Head 1464: 1459:(1866–1883) 1454: 1449:(1837–1873) 1444: 1434: 1429:(1829–1837) 1424: 1414: 1409:(1794–1795) 1406:Flowing Hair 1404: 1394: 1371:(1865–1889) 1366: 1356: 1351:(1851–1873) 1346: 1323: 1313: 1292: 1282: 1274:Flying Eagle 1272: 1262: 1254:Braided Hair 1252: 1247:(1816–1839) 1242: 1237:(1808–1814) 1234:Classic Head 1232: 1227:(1796–1807) 1222: 1217:(1793–1796) 1212: 1202: 1192: 1182: 1172: 1149:(1840–1857) 1146:Braided Hair 1144: 1136:Classic Head 1134: 1124: 1114: 1104: 991: 984:Yeoman, R.S. 977:Bibliography 955: 943:. Retrieved 934: 925: 909:(Section 8) 902: 864: 852: 840: 804:Double eagle 743:Money portal 647: 592: 588: 578: 575: 549: 544: 536: 526: 493:21.6 mm 490:18.0 mm 479:27.0 mm 459:22.5 mm 442:23.8 mm 439:18.2 mm 422:18.5 mm 405:20.0 mm 394:33.0 mm 391:25.0 mm 358: 354: 350: 346: 344: 248: 220: 216:double eagle 188: 163: 161: 154:Phrygian cap 107: 98: 88: 81: 74: 67: 55: 43:Please help 38:verification 35: 18: 3175:(1983–1997) 3163:(1972–1998) 3157:(1964–1967) 3122:(2010–2021) 2968:3¢ (bronze) 2945:2¢ (billon) 2892:5¢ (silver) 2887:3¢ (nickel) 2882:3¢ (silver) 2807:Circulating 2666:Demand Note 2571:(1795–1933) 2565:(1795–1929) 2559:(1854–1889) 2553:(1796–1929) 2547:(1849–1889) 2545:Gold dollar 2530:(1875–1878) 2524:(1792–1873) 2518:(1851–1873) 2512:(1865–1889) 2506:(1864–1873) 2500:(1793–1857) 2494:(1793–1857) 2247:Indian Head 2227:Capped Bust 2204:Indian Head 2174:Capped Bust 2164:Draped Bust 2120:Indian Head 2090:Capped Bust 2080:Draped Bust 1905:Draped Bust 1794:Capped Bust 1784:Draped Bust 1633:Capped Bust 1623:Draped Bust 1537:Capped Bust 1527:Draped Bust 1426:Capped Bust 1416:Draped Bust 1386:nickel (5¢) 1284:Indian Head 1244:Matron Head 1224:Draped Bust 1214:Liberty Cap 1139:(1809–1836) 1129:(1800–1808) 1126:Draped Bust 1119:(1793–1797) 1116:Liberty Cap 895:Yeoman 2014 857:Yeoman 2014 845:Yeoman 2014 722:Indian Head 697:Turban Head 351:half eagles 337:Indian Head 3189:Categories 3090:Gold Eagle 2902:$ 1 (gold) 2563:Half eagle 2538:Gold coins 2498:Large cent 2486:Half disme 2378:) Obsolete 1969:Eisenhower 1499:Dime (10¢) 1436:Washington 1396:Half disme 1164:penny (1¢) 1159:Large cent 832:References 809:Half eagle 699:1795–1804 596:crown gold 533:crown gold 374:Half Eagle 233:, and the 212:half eagle 210:($ 2.50), 71:newspapers 3143:Proof Set 2757:Funnyback 2522:Half dime 2492:Half cent 1997:Sacagawea 1577:Roosevelt 1486:Jefferson 1381:Half dime 1025:28306197M 1017:875521690 724:1907–1933 558:(17  267:palladium 172:gold coin 3149:Mint Set 2937:Canceled 2850:Obsolete 2589:Currency 2381:Canceled 1919:Gobrecht 1834:Franklin 1048:Archived 986:(2014). 963:Archived 945:July 24, 939:Archived 914:Archived 876:Archived 729:See also 685:platinum 654:an eagle 263:platinum 239:precious 3076:Bullion 2958:⁄ 2862:⁄ 2739:Related 2376:italics 2352:(1877) 2283:(1879) 1888:(1783) 1878:(1776) 1844:Kennedy 1767:(1783) 1734:(2026) 1714:(2021) 1698:(2009) 1567:Mercury 1520:(1792) 1399:(1792) 1361:(1863) 1318:(1836) 1294:Lincoln 1207:(1793) 1197:(1793) 1187:(1792) 1177:(1787) 990:(ed.). 678:⁄ 545:at most 150:Liberty 85:scholar 2753:(1787) 2488:(1792) 2448:Topics 1949:Morgan 1908:(1795– 1814:Barber 1653:Barber 1557:Barber 1511:(1783) 1456:Shield 1348:Silver 1325:Bronze 1315:Billon 1204:Wreath 1109:(1783) 1023:  1015:  1005:  660:, and 556:grains 552:weight 529:karats 362:used: 347:eagles 255:silver 229:, the 225:, the 204:dollar 202:, the 198:, the 194:, the 87:  80:  73:  66:  58:  3066:2020s 3061:2010s 3056:2000s 3051:1990s 3046:1980s 3041:1970s 3036:1950s 3031:1940s 3026:1930s 3021:1920s 3016:1910s 3011:1900s 3006:1800s 2988:$ 100 2907:$ 2.5 2569:Eagle 2479:Coins 1959:Peace 1939:Trade 1517:Disme 1194:Chain 537:alloy 377:Eagle 345:Gold 243:alloy 178:from 170:$ 10 166:is a 164:eagle 92:JSTOR 78:books 2983:$ 50 2927:$ 20 2922:$ 10 2386:bold 2028:Gold 1910:1804 1264:Ring 1013:OCLC 1003:ISBN 995:2015 947:2014 823:The 550:The 504:1849 487:1840 470:1838 453:1834 436:1829 419:1821 402:1796 385:1795 368:Year 259:gold 200:dime 196:cent 192:mill 184:1933 180:1795 162:The 64:news 2978:$ 4 2973:$ 2 2917:$ 5 2912:$ 3 2897:20¢ 2840:$ 1 2835:50¢ 2830:25¢ 2825:10¢ 1383:and 1161:and 499:-- 482:-- 465:-- 448:-- 431:-- 414:-- 397:-- 257:or 182:to 47:by 3191:: 2877:2¢ 2820:5¢ 2815:1¢ 1912:) 1021:OL 1019:. 1011:. 937:. 933:. 887:^ 513:-- 510:-- 507:-- 496:-- 476:-- 473:-- 462:-- 456:-- 445:-- 428:-- 425:-- 411:-- 408:-- 388:-- 186:. 2963:¢ 2960:2 2956:1 2953:+ 2951:2 2867:¢ 2864:2 2860:1 2791:e 2784:t 2777:v 2433:e 2426:t 2419:v 2394:( 2384:( 2374:( 1080:e 1073:t 1066:v 1027:. 949:. 680:4 676:1 560:g 114:) 108:( 103:) 99:( 89:· 82:· 75:· 68:· 41:.

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