Ladies and gentlemen ,
Here we have a piece of history
Pirates and merchants cut coins
THE SPANISH PIECE OF EIGHT -
-specifically the Mexican silver dollar, or "piece of eight"- to make change. Because the
coin's value came from its silver
weight rather than the mint's stamp, it could be physically chiseled into eight equal pie-shaped wedges called "bits". Two of these wedges equaled a quarter, giving us the modern slang
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While cutting coins was a standard historical practice for managing currency, pirates and traders also used the practice
This particular coin - just imagine
It could have been a pirate or merchant who was trying to make change ,
Was at ge market , tried to make change , but simply didn’t have his tool to do the job and cut the coin.
Here we see the fingerprint of a historical documented practice that was incomplete.
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