Talk:Eagle (United States coin)
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It's a little confusing to say "The Eagle was the largest of the four circulating..." when the double-eagle was a larger circulating coin.
- Frankly, I've never seen such a discussion of U.S. coinage before in my life. It article reads as is somebody who has no knowledge of the U.S. coinage decided to write an article about "decimal" coinage concepts and threw in some terms relating to mathmatics. --TGC55 01:10, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
The purity of all circulating gold coins in the United States was 90% gold or .900 fine - According to the article Coinage Act (1792), gold coins were 11 parts gold to 1 part alloy, i.e., .917 fine, or 22 karats -- Nik42 04:51, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- The article and the information is WRONG. That 22 karet stuff was changed about 1837 when the US devalued the dollar. Gold coins after 1837 (?) were .900 fine. I don't have the time to chase down the references. This article is a mess and written by people who have little knowledge of U.S. coinage --TGC55 01:10, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
This is true. I have added more accurate information a couple of times - with citation of coinfacts.com - only to have it deleted.66.245.26.219 21:37, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
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- If the article needs to be corrected, it needs to be done correctly. Corrections are not made by typing a new paragraph prefaced by CORRECTION:, or by signing your name at the end of your additions to the article. It needs to still be an article when you're done. I also agree that the article needs a rewrite, the first paragraph it definitely out of place, at least to me. Bobby I'm Here, Are You There? 04:38, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Changed this:
Just as the cent base-unit of denomination served as the basis of the copper half cent, the copper cent, and the copper double-cent coins and just as the dime base-unit of denomination served as the basis of the silver half-dime, the silver dime, and the silver double-dime coins and just as the dollar base-unit of denomination served as the basis of the silver quarter dollar, the silver half dollar, the silver dollar, and the gold dollar coins, the eagle base-unit of denomination served as the basis of the gold quarter-eagle, the gold half-eagle, the eagle, and the double-eagle coins.
to this:
The eagle base-unit of denomination served as the basis of the gold quarter-eagle, the gold half-eagle, the eagle, and the double-eagle coins.
I thought the "just as ..., and just as ..., etc." wording was awkward and that the following paragraph probably provided sufficient detail on the pre-1933 system. The information on other pre-1933 coins might look good as a table that could appear in other articles on other obsolete US coins of the same period though. --Eloil 03:52, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
