Double Eagle
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A gold coin of the United States, of the value of twenty dollars or units. It Is 60 called because It la twice the value of the eagle, and, consequently, weighs five hundred and sixteen grains of standard fineness, namely, nine hundred thousandths fine. It is a legal lender for dollars to any amount..rch 3 1849, 6 Stat. L. 397.
U. S. Rev. Stat. H 3511, 3614.
The double eagle is in value the largest colt, in the United States. The first issue was u.
1849.
See act of Feb. I Stat, L. p.
426; Eagle.