To: Jack Hammer
The Navel Legend I heard tell was that “Pieces of Eight” were coins pre-scored to break into eight “bits”. “Two bits” is a fourth of a dollar...twenty five cents.
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10/08/2011 7:05:14 AM PDT by
50sDad
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To: 50sDad
The coin was the Spanish real, which circulated as money in the American colonies well past independence. And you are right, it was cut into eighths for small change.
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