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By 1834, the gold in the half eagle had been worth more than its face value for several years. The Act of June 28, 1834 called for a reduction in the gold used. The weight of the coin was reduced to 8.36 grams, the diameter reduced to 22.5 mm, and the composition changed to .8992 gold and .1008 silver and copper.
These five main base-units of denomination were the mill, the cent, the dime, the dollar, and the eagle, where a cent is 10 mills, a dime is 10 cents, a dollar is 10 dimes, and an eagle is 10 dollars. The eagle base-unit of denomination served as the basis of the quarter eagle ($2.50), half eagle ($5), eagle ($10), and double eagle ($20) coins.
The Quarter-Dollar, Half-Dollar and Dollar coins were issued in the copper 91.67% nickel 8.33% composition for general circulation and the Government issued six-coin Proof Set. A special three-coin set of 40% silver coins were also issued by the U.S. Mint in both Uncirculated and Proof.
1795 Eagle, 9 Leaves MS-63+ United States Pogue Heritage Auctions [22] January 13, 2022 $3,290,000 1804 Bust Dollar - Class I PR-65 United States Dexter Sotheby's/Stack's Bowers [23] March 2017 $3,290,000 1913 1913 Liberty Head nickel: PF-64 CAC United States Hawaii Five-O Heritage Auctions [24] January 2014 $3,172,500 1913 1913 Liberty Head nickel
Below are the mintage figures for the United States quarter up to 1930, before the Washington quarter design was introduced.. The following mint marks indicate which mint the coin was made at (parentheses indicate a lack of a mint mark):
High quality, high EV (presented as a complete set). The Half Eagle $5 gold coin was authorized by Congress in 1792, stuck in mid-1795, and was the first gold coin produced by the United States. In production for 134 years (1795–1929), five designers/engravers executed eight different design types.
The U.S. Dollar has numerous discontinued denominations, particularly high denomination bills, issued before and in 1934 in six denominations ranging from $500 to $100,000. Although still legal tender, most are in the hands of collectors and museums.
A set containing both the proof Apollo 11 half dollar and a 2019–S Kennedy half dollar in enhanced reverse proof condition, restricted to 100,000 sets and with an order limit of five, cost $53.95. [37] The set with the Kennedy half was issued to mark the connection between President Kennedy and the American space program. [38]