Silver Eagle

Silver Eagles (previously known as Dollars) are the primary currency of Columbia. Silver Eagles are used to purchase a variety of items from vending machines. Elizabeth will also randomly find Silver Eagles and throw them over to Booker DeWitt if he accepts them.
Though Silver Eagles are mostly found in coin form, they can also be collected by picking up wallets, purses, and cash bags as well as silver and gold bars. Locked safes contain several hundred of these coins inside. Though most commodities can be bought with just a few Silver Eagles, permanent upgrades to weapons and Vigors through the Minuteman's Armory and Veni! Vidi! Vigor! vending machines respectively are far more expensive.
==BioShock Infinite==
In BioShock Infinite, though Booker DeWitt can be revived after taking fatal damage, death has a price, and will cost the player a certain amount of Silver Eagles upon every revival. On Easy Mode, death costs five Silver Eagles, on Normal Mode, the price rises to twenty-five, on Hard Mode, the cost rises again to fifty, and on 1999 Mode, every death costs the player a whopping one-hundred Silver Eagles. Moreover, if the player doesn't have enough money to respawn in the latter difficulty, death will result in a permanent game over.
==Description==
Each Silver Eagle has two designs. On the heads (obverse) of the Silver Eagle is the Scroll, Sword, and Key, the three symbols associated with the Founding Fathers, the Scroll representing Father Thomas Jefferson, the Sword representing Father George Washington, and the Key representing Father Benjamin Franklin, respectively. On the tails (reverse) of the Silver Eagle is the Monument Island Tower of the angel Columbia carrying each of the three gifts, "Columbia" inscribed on the top of the monument's figure and the year of the Silver Eagle's minting "1900" below. In some levels such as Downtown Emporia gold Silver Eagles can be found. These gold coins are smaller than the silver versions, but have the same designs on the front and back.
==Gallery==
Silver Eagle Concept Art.jpg|Concept art for the Silver Eagle coin, by Robb Waters.
Columbia dollar.png|Dollars, the game's prototype currency, in the BioShock Infinite E3 demo.
BSI20.png|A silver bar, alongside a lockpick and an Infusion.
Coincatch-BS1.jpg|Booker catches a coin.
Silvereaglepurse.jpg|A purse of Silver Eagles.
Walletbioshockinfinite.jpg|A wallet.
Cashregister.jpg|Looting a cash register.
BioShock Infinite MoneyBags.png|A bag full of Silver Eagles.
Loot Coin MESH.png|Close up of a golden Silver Eagle showing the reverse design.
CoinPile MESH.png|A pile of golden Silver Eagles.
Silver Eagle Coin Pile Large.png|A large pile of Silver Eagles.
Silvereaglecoinblogpost.png|A real life replica of the Silver Eagle.
==Bugs/Glitches==
* Though not specifically a bug, a design oversight within the game allows the player to obtain a potentially infinite amount of money, along with thirty lockpicks (the maximum amount one can carry at a time) and almost every Gear item in the game. When returning to Soldier's Field, re-entering and exiting the Hall of Heroes will cause most of the level to reset, allowing the player to loot certain areas ad infinitum. The portions that respawn are the following:
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==Behind the Scenes==
*Silver Eagles are likely based on American gold coinage called Eagles, which had been a circulating denomination until it was halted in 1933 when gold was confiscated from American citizens during the Great Depression.Eagle on Wikipedia. In 1986, the American Silver Eagle was introduced, which currently serves as the official silver bullion coin of the United States.American Silver Eagle on Wikipedia
*Compared to the first two games, the money counter has five digits. Booker can carry as many Silver Eagles as the digits will allow.
*The real life replica of the Columbian Silver Eagle has the scroll in the likeness of the Preamble, with the famous "We the People" quote on the coin.
*The total cost to upgrade all weapons and Vigors to their full capabilities is $36,465.
*Paper bills are rarely found in Columbia and cannot be interacted with. However, they can be found scattered amongst coin tips in hats. The bills bear a likeness of Henry Saltonstall.
==References==
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