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half-eagle A gold coin of the United States, of the value of 5 dollars: see eagle 5.
1786in 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. a1824R. 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. 1852Knickerbocker XL. 323 He was about to contribute a half eagle to the funds. 1868O. W. Holmes Guard. Angel iii. |