The Famous American Eagle Coin
The first gold coin standard was introduced by the United States government, and the American eagle coin is the base unit for the coin system in the country since as early as 18th century to 1933 when it was first introduced. At those time, only four standard monetary units in the United States namely the dime, the cent, the dollar and the eagle.While the dime was worth 10 cents, the dollar was worth 10 dimes and the eagle was valued as 10 dollars. The eagle itself had its variations like the gold quarter worth 2.50 dollars, the gold half eagle with 5 dollars value, the standard gold eagle with 10 dollars value and the topper the gold double eagle valuing 20 dollars.The American eagle coins have been in the use as early as the 18th century only that they were available gold quarter eagle's back then which carried on manufacturing till around 1929. The half eagles also date back to the 18th century and they were also manufactured till as late as 1929 and the eagles were under use from the 18th century to 1933.