quarter eagle
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Krivoy took the $100 bills and the quarter eagle gold coin from 1855 that may be worth as much as $2,000 for the tip jar to share with the staff.
From Washington Times • Apr. 18, 2020
The current record is $2.35 million for a quarter eagle worth $2.50 when it was struck in 1808.
From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2015
Anxious to relieve myself of the treasure, I approached the highly perfumed and somewhat rotund clerk, whose bows were worth at least a quarter eagle, and related the story of my adventure to him.
From The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)
The silver coins were to be the dollar, half and quarter dollar, dime and half dime; the gold were to be the eagle, half eagle, and quarter eagle.
From A School History of the United States by McMaster, John Bach
Being interpreter, waitress, hotel-runner, and chambermaid, she is no idler, and fully earns the quarter eagle you naturally hand her at leave-taking.
From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray
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