The Heraldic Eagle:
The Story Behind The Bird
Old habits die hard. After renouncing almost a thousand years of kings and queens, banners and lineage, the founders of the United States of America went searching for a symbol of national heritage.
Heraldic Eagle quarters are exceedingly scarce in mint condition and all but unheard of in grade levels above Mint State-65.
Draped Bust/Heraldic Eagle Half Dimes 1800-1805
Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, was also the author of the philosophical direction of the United States.
Draped Bust/Heraldic Eagle Half Dollars
Capped Bust Lettered Edge Half Dollars
Seated Liberty Half Dollar
Barber Half Dollar
Walking Liberty Half Dollar
Franklin Half Dollars
Flowing Hair Silver Dollars ...
Heraldic Eagle Also called the large eagle, this emblem of Liberty resembles the eagles of heraldry, thus its acquired name.
high end A term applied to any coin at the upper end of a particular grade. See also premium quality.
Heraldic Eagle - Also called the large eagle, this emblem of Liberty got its name because of its resemblance to the eagles of heraldry.
High end - A term applied to any coin at the upper end of a particular grade.
Heraldic Eagle: design type that shows an eagle with outspread wings and a shield on its chest. Used on many U.S. coins from 1795 until today.
high points: the tops of the design elements on a coin, where wear is most likely to occur.
Heraldic Eagle
Also called the large eagle, this emblem of Liberty resembles the eagles of heraldry, thus its acquired name.
high end
A term applied to any coin at the upper end of a particular grade.
See Also -- premium quality ...
Heraldic Eagle Reversed
1799 HERALDIC EAGLE REVERSE SILVER DOLLAR, Perfect Date, Large Berries, 7 & 6 stars, type with apostrophe after final S in states on reverse. Bolander 9, (BB-166). Breen 5391. Pleasing VERY FINE.
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560 1797 Breen-6834, B-2B, T-8. Rarity-4. Heraldic Eagle. AU-55 (PCGS). Reflective greenish gold with minor surface marks. Sharply struck and quite attractive.
The Heraldic Eagle reverse was taken directly from the Great Seal of the United States, though interesting differences were introduced.
In 1798, the Heraldic Eagle reverse made its debut. The obverse continued from the previous series, ...
What then of the Heraldic eagle coins bearing the dates 1795, 1797 and 1797/5?
The Capped Bust, Heraldic Eagle type of 1795-1807 was replaced in 1807 due to the addition of John Reich as Assistant Engraver at the Mint.
1806 Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Reverse Quarter Dollar
Grade:
PCI G6 scratched ...
Alternate form of Heraldic Eagle.
large letters
Term referring to the size of the lettering of the date on a coin. (Use of this term implies that medium or small letters exist for that coin or series.) ...
The Draped Bust or Heraldic Eagle Half Eagles were producted from 1797 to 1804. Only 119,248 Heraldic Eagle $10 gold pieces were struck at the Philadelphia Mint between 1797 and 1804. All dates are scarce to extremely rare in any grade.
These are first found in the center of the heraldic eagle and on each succeeding eagle until the end of the Barber quarter series in 1916.
1797 Half Eagle - 15 Obverse Stars, Normal Date, Heraldic Eagle Reverse
1866 Pattern 5 Cents - Judd 487
1788 Vermont Copper - Ryder 30
1999 Delaware Quarter Struck on an Experimental Planchet
1920 Buffalo Nickel Struck in Copper ...
Half dimes of the Heraldic Eagle style were minted from 1800 to 1805, after which no pieces of this denomination were struck until the Capped Bust motif made its appearance in 1829.
Draped Bust, Small Eagle 1796 Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle 1804-1807 Capped Bust (Large) 1815-1828 Capped Bust (Small) 1831-1838 Seated Liberty (various subtypes) 1838-1891 Barber 1892-1916 Standing Liberty (Type 1) 1916-1917 Standing Liberty (Type 2) ...
Far more common are the Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle reverse dimes of 1798 through 1807. But only the relatively high mintages of 1805 and 1807 makes this type of Draped Bust dime available to most collectors.
If you have the good fortune to see an 1804 United States Draped Bust Heraldic Eagle, Silver Dollar, your heart might skip a beat like Deborah Kerr's and Yul Brynner's in "The King and I" (or Jodie Foster's and Chow Yun-Fat's in the 1999 remake).
heraldic eagle designed by John Mercanti. The obverse of the Gold Eagle is
based on the design of Augustus Saint-Gaudens' $20 Gold piece (1907-1933).
The reverse of the Gold Eagle displays what is called a "family of eagles"
designed by Mrs.
Spread Eagle
The reverse of the $10 Liberty is a heraldic eagle surrounded by the words "United States of America," the denomination "Ten D" at the bottom and the "In God We Trust" was added in all coins minted after 1866.
In the United States series I would like to mention only the unique Brasher half-doubloon, dated 1787 (Figure 38); the unique 1797 five-dollar piece with sixteen stars on the obverse and the heraldic eagle on the reverse; the 1822 five-dollar piece; ...
Designer : Adolph A. Weinman, Liberty Walking - Year 1916.
Designer: John M. Mercanti, Heraldic Eagle with Shield - Year 1986.
Diameter: 40.60 mm.
Composition: Silver 99.9%.
Weight: 31.103 grams.
Thickness: 2.98 mm.
Edge: Reeded. (201 reeds).
It consists of a heraldic eagle with a shield on its breast, holding a symbolic olive branch and a bundle of 13 arrows.
The reverse, designed by John Mercanti, depicts a heraldic eagle with shield carrying an olive branch and arrows in its talons. An inverse pyramid of thirteen stars representing the thirteen original colonies floats above its head.
He designed the 1795-1797 $10 eagle, the 1797-1804 Heraldic Eagle, the 1794-1797 half cent, and the 1800-1808 draped bust type half cent. In addition, he designed the Thomas Jefferson Indian Peace Medal.
Gobrecht's first reverse was a flying eagle, but initial resistance to such a break from tradition forced him to redeploy the familiar heraldic eagle from the Capped Bust series.
figure of Liberty in full stride, enveloped in folds of the flag, with her right hand extended and branches of laurel and oak in her left. The reverse design, by United States Mint sculptor/engraver John Mercanti, features the heraldic eagle.
The observe side of the American Eagle silver coin is the graceful "Walking Liberty" by Adolph A. Weinman, originally used by U.S Silver half dollars from 1916 through 1947. The memorable "Heraldic Eagle" by John Mercanti graces the reverse side ...
I look forward to the day when US coins change from still heraldic eagles to active birds eating rabbits or deer. I guess the Greeks lacked TV so they had to put their gratuitous violence on the coins. ;) I could never be a collector seeking one ...
 See also: Eagle, Coin, Dollar, Half, Liberty
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