half eagle

By 1834, the gold in the half eagle had been worth more than its face value for several years.

The half eagle was not struck again until 1929, at Philadelphia.

The half eagle series is longer; 24 pieces by date and mint mark.

Fraser's design was used in 1999 as a commemorative half eagle issued 200 years after Washington's death.

They are the creatures of mythology, half lion and half eagle.

An example is an 1807 Half Eagle, or five dollar gold piece struck in copper.

The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and half eagle.

The first coins produced at the mint were gold $ 5.00 half eagles in April 1838.

Leach showed the pieces to the President, who kept a half eagle and gave it to Bigelow.

Roosevelt's actions put an end to the quarter and half eagle series, which had begun in 1796 and 1795, respectively.

Crest The griffin is a fabulous animal half eagle and half lion.

DeSaussure is believed to have struck half eagles first for that reason, after consultation with bank officials.

Due to the difficulties with the two larger coins, little attention was given to the half eagle and quarter eagle until late 1907.

The design and composition of the half eagle changed many times over the years, but it was originally designed by Robert Scot.

The New Orleans Mint minted half eagles from 1840 to 1861.

Prior to 1838 all half eagles were minted in Philadelphia because there were no other operating mints.

The obverse depicts a device, half maple leaf and half eagle, symbolic of the two associations.

Production of the half eagle was suspended during World War I and not resumed until 1929, the final year of issue.

In my purse I carry a few half eagles: gold coins worth ten dollars apiece (to be used sparingly!)

Coinage of eagles followed shortly after production of half eagles began, although the exact date is uncertain.

Half eagle: $5.00, gold (some modern commemoratives are minted in this denomination)

This reverse design first appeared on gold quarter and half eagles and then dimes and dollars in the 1790s.

Half Eagle or $5.00 Gold (1870-1884 and 1890-1893)

"She is half lion, half eagle."

Even a hippogriff-half horse, half eagle.