half-eaglen.
A gold coin of the United States, of the value of 5 dollars: see eagle n. 5.
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quarter dollar1615
bit1683
quarter1776
cent1782
dollar1785
dime1786
eagle1786
half-dollar1786
half-eagle1786
sharpshin1804
picayune1805
caser1825
pic1839
double eagle1849
slug1851
hog1859
pine tree money1859
martin bita1884
meter1940
1786 in Amer. Museum (1789) II. 182/2 There shall be two gold coins; one..equal to five dollars, to be stamped in like manner [to the eagle], and to be called a half-eagle.
a1824 R. Patterson cited in Worcester 1846.
1841 Congress. Globe 30 July 269/2 It was an open declaration of war upon the half eagles, the gold currency... This gold, in half eagles, was too good for us.
1852 Knickerbocker 40 323 He was about to contribute a half eagle to the funds.
1868 O. W. Holmes Guardian Angel iii.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2016).
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