English Explanatory Dictionary

quarter eagle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A former gold coin of the United States, worth two dollars and fifty cents.

Word forms

quarter eagle quarter eagles quarter-eagle

Etymology

Given its name in the Coinage Act of 1792, as a derivation from the ten-dollar eagle coin.

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