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Definition of Half eagle
1. Noun. A former gold coin in United States worth 5 dollars.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Half Eagle
Literary usage of Half eagle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1860)
"And be it further enacted, That of the gold coins, the weight of the eagle shall
be two hundred and fifty-eight grains; that of the half eagle one hundred ..."
2. A Law Dictionary: Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1856)
"That of the gold coins, the weight of the eagle shall be two hundred and fifty-eight
grams ; that of the half eagle, one hundred and twenty-nine grains ..."
3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1869)
"Provision was also made for a gold coinage, consisting of eagles, half eagle?, and
quarter eagles, containing, respectively, two hundred and ninety, ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"... half-eagle, or five-dollar piece, one hundred and twenty-nine grains: of the
eagle, or ten- dollar piece, two hundred and fitly-eight grains ; of the ..."
5. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"(American), half-eagle, five dollars. In Dutch slang melt is tin. Smiggins (thieves),
formerly the soup given on board the hulks. Smile (American), a drink ..."
6. Letters from the South by James Kirke Paulding (1817)
"... note down some of his remarks, which I thought rather apt, I happened to bring
out a half-eagle, which I had preserved as a last refuge against poverty. ..."
7. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1850)
"Of the half-eagle counterfeits we have had the dates of 1844, 1845, and 1847.
... The half-eagle of 1844 weighed 129 grains, just the right weight; ..."
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