Half Eagle (5-dollar gold coin)
E7981
The Half Eagle is a historic U.S. five-dollar gold coin, first authorized in 1792, that circulated widely in the 19th century and underwent several design and composition changes over its minting life.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Half Eagle (5-dollar gold coin) canonical | 1 |
| Half eagle (5-dollar gold coin) | 1 |
| Liberty Head | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T94393 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Half Eagle (5-dollar gold coin) Context triple: [Coinage Act of 1834, changedGoldContentOf, Half Eagle (5-dollar gold coin)]
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Silver Certificate
A Silver Certificate was a form of U.S. paper currency once redeemable for a corresponding amount of silver, issued primarily in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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United States coins
United States coins are the official metallic currency of the U.S., issued in various denominations and designs by the U.S. Mint for everyday transactions and collecting.
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Gold Certificate
A Gold Certificate was a form of U.S. paper currency once redeemable in gold coin and used primarily in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Coinage Act of 1792
The Coinage Act of 1792 was a foundational United States law that created the national mint system and defined the country’s monetary structure, including its standard units, metal content, and coin denominations.
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E.
Seal of the United States Department of the Treasury
The Seal of the United States Department of the Treasury is the official emblem symbolizing the federal agency responsible for managing government revenue, featuring imagery associated with finance, authority, and national governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Half Eagle (5-dollar gold coin) Target entity description: The Half Eagle is a historic U.S. five-dollar gold coin, first authorized in 1792, that circulated widely in the 19th century and underwent several design and composition changes over its minting life.
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A.
Silver Certificate
A Silver Certificate was a form of U.S. paper currency once redeemable for a corresponding amount of silver, issued primarily in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
United States coins
United States coins are the official metallic currency of the U.S., issued in various denominations and designs by the U.S. Mint for everyday transactions and collecting.
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C.
Gold Certificate
A Gold Certificate was a form of U.S. paper currency once redeemable in gold coin and used primarily in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Coinage Act of 1792
The Coinage Act of 1792 was a foundational United States law that created the national mint system and defined the country’s monetary structure, including its standard units, metal content, and coin denominations.
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E.
Seal of the United States Department of the Treasury
The Seal of the United States Department of the Treasury is the official emblem symbolizing the federal agency responsible for managing government revenue, featuring imagery associated with finance, authority, and national governance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States gold coin
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five-dollar coin ⓘ |
| authorizationYear | 1792 ⓘ |
| authorizedBy | Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ |
| category |
U.S. gold coinage
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pre-1933 U.S. gold coin ⓘ |
| circulationCentury |
18th century
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19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ |
| coinStandard | gold standard ⓘ |
| collectible | yes ⓘ |
| compositionChanged | yes ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| denomination | five dollars ⓘ |
| denominationSeries | Eagle family ⓘ |
| designChanged | yes ⓘ |
| edge | reeded (most issues) ⓘ |
| faceValue | 5 USD ⓘ |
| firstYearOfIssue | 1795 ⓘ |
| higherDenomination | Eagle (10-dollar gold coin) ⓘ |
| historicalCirculationRegion |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
international trade ⓘ |
| historicalEra | early U.S. federal coinage ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | discontinued ⓘ |
| legalTender | yes ⓘ |
| lowerDenomination |
Quarter Eagle (2.50-dollar gold coin)
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Three-dollar gold piece ⓘ |
| metal | gold ⓘ |
| mintedBy | United States Mint ⓘ |
| mintLocations |
Charlotte Mint
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Dahlonega Mint ⓘ Denver Mint ⓘ New Orleans Mint ⓘ Philadelphia Mint ⓘ San Francisco Mint ⓘ |
| monetaryMetalRole | full-bodied gold coin ⓘ |
| monetaryRole | intermediate denomination between quarter eagle and eagle ⓘ |
| monetarySystem | U.S. decimal coinage system ⓘ |
| numismaticInterest | high ⓘ |
| obverseDesignType | Liberty head (various types) ⓘ |
| redeemableIn | gold (under gold standard) ⓘ |
| reverseDesignType | Heraldic eagle (various types) ⓘ |
| standardUnitRelation | half of an Eagle (10-dollar gold coin) ⓘ |
| statusAfter1933 |
primarily a collector’s item
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withdrawn from circulation ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
circulating medium of exchange
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store of value ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Half Eagle (5-dollar gold coin) Description of subject: The Half Eagle is a historic U.S. five-dollar gold coin, first authorized in 1792, that circulated widely in the 19th century and underwent several design and composition changes over its minting life.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.