Quarter Eagle (2.50-dollar gold coin)
E9094
The Quarter Eagle was a U.S. gold coin with a face value of $2.50, minted from the late 18th to early 20th century and notable as one of the smallest denomination gold coins in American circulation.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quarter Eagle (2.50-dollar gold coin) canonical | 3 |
| Classic Head quarter eagle | 1 |
| Indian Head quarter eagle | 1 |
| Liberty Head quarter eagle | 1 |
| Quarter eagle (2.50-dollar gold coin) | 1 |
| gold quarter eagles | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T94394 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quarter Eagle (2.50-dollar gold coin) Context triple: [Coinage Act of 1834, changedGoldContentOf, Quarter Eagle (2.50-dollar gold coin)]
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A.
Half Eagle (5-dollar gold coin)
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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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.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quarter Eagle (2.50-dollar gold coin) Target entity description: The Quarter Eagle was a U.S. gold coin with a face value of $2.50, minted from the late 18th to early 20th century and notable as one of the smallest denomination gold coins in American circulation.
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A.
Half Eagle (5-dollar gold coin)
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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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 (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States gold coin
ⓘ
circulating gold coin ⓘ |
| authorizedBy | Coinage Act of 1792 ⓘ |
| category | U.S. quarter eagle coins ⓘ |
| collectible | yes ⓘ |
| composition |
0.100 copper
ⓘ
0.900 gold ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| currency |
United States dollar
ⓘ
linked to:
US dollar
|
| demonetized | no (remains legal tender at face value) ⓘ |
| denomination | 2.50 U.S. dollars ⓘ |
| designType |
Indian Head incuse design
ⓘ
Liberty Head ⓘ
linked to:
Half Eagle (5-dollar gold coin)
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| edge | reeded edge (most issues) ⓘ |
| faceValue |
$2.50
ⓘ
two dollars and fifty cents ⓘ |
| firstYearOfMintage | 1796 ⓘ |
| goldStandardRole | circulating medium of exchange ⓘ |
| introduced | 1796 ⓘ |
| lastYearOfMintage | 1929 ⓘ |
| legalTender | yes ⓘ |
| metal | gold ⓘ |
| mintedBy | United States Mint ⓘ |
| mints |
Charlotte Mint
ⓘ
Dahlonega Mint ⓘ Denver Mint ⓘ New Orleans Mint ⓘ Philadelphia Mint ⓘ San Francisco Mint ⓘ |
| monetaryCategory | fractional U.S. gold coin ⓘ |
| monetarySystem | pre-1933 U.S. gold standard coinage ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
Indian Head type has incuse (sunken) design
ⓘ
one of the smallest denomination U.S. gold coins in circulation ⓘ |
| numismaticInterest | high ⓘ |
| obverseMotif |
Liberty head (various styles)
ⓘ
Native American head (Indian Head type) ⓘ |
| periodOfCirculation | late 18th century to early 20th century ⓘ |
| pre1834GoldContent | approximately 0.135 troy ounce of gold ⓘ |
| relationToEagle | one quarter of a $10 Eagle coin ⓘ |
| relationToHalfEagle | half the value of a $5 Half Eagle coin ⓘ |
| reverseMotif | heraldic eagle ⓘ |
| series |
Capped Bust Left quarter eagle
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Capped Bust Right quarter eagle ⓘ Classic Head quarter eagle ⓘ
linked to:
Quarter Eagle (2.50-dollar gold coin)
Indian Head quarter eagle ⓘ
linked to:
Quarter Eagle (2.50-dollar gold coin)
Liberty Head quarter eagle ⓘ
linked to:
Quarter Eagle (2.50-dollar gold coin)
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| smallestGoldDenominationAtIntroduction | yes ⓘ |
| standardGoldContent | approximately 0.12094 troy ounce of gold (for 1834 and later issues) ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| typicalUse | everyday commerce ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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.
Input
Subject: Quarter Eagle (2.50-dollar gold coin) Description of subject: The Quarter Eagle was a U.S. gold coin with a face value of $2.50, minted from the late 18th to early 20th century and notable as one of the smallest denomination gold coins in American circulation.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Half Eagle (5-dollar gold coin)
subject linked to:
Quarter Eagle (2.50-dollar gold coin)
linked to: Quarter Eagle (2.50-dollar gold coin)
subject linked to:
Quarter Eagle (2.50-dollar gold coin)
linked to: Quarter Eagle (2.50-dollar gold coin)
subject linked to:
Quarter Eagle (2.50-dollar gold coin)
linked to: Quarter Eagle (2.50-dollar gold coin)
linked to: Quarter Eagle (2.50-dollar gold coin)
linked to: Quarter Eagle (2.50-dollar gold coin)
subject linked to:
Eagle