Specifications
- Country
- United States
- Years
- 1838–1933
- Metal
- Gold
- Gross weight
- 16.7181 g
- Fineness ‰
- 900 ‰
- Fine metal
- 15.0463 g
Weight
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Source & licence
- Official text
- Coinage Act of 1873, 17 Stat. 424 — gold coin standards (also Act of Jan. 18, 1837)
- Quote
of the half-eagle, or five-dollar piece, one hundred and twenty-nine grains; of the eagle, or ten-dollar piece, two hundred and fifty-eight grains; of the double-eagle, or twenty-dollar piece, five hundred and sixteen grains» · nine hundred pure metal
- Reuse terms
- Public domain: United States Government work (17 U.S.C. §105)
Source: United States Code / Statutes at Large (govinfo.gov, GPO). In case of doubt, the English version of this page prevails.