During the minting process, pieces of eight were cut from a silver coin blank using a cutting press or a hand-operated cutting tool. The blanks were placed on a die, and a sharp blade was pressed down to cut the coin into smaller pieces.
Iraq was at war with Iran during an eight year period.
The Era of Good Feeling was a period of about eight years during the presidency of Monroe. During this period, there was no partisan animosity due to the disbanding of the Federalists.
The word dollar is derived from German Taler (Thaler) - also a unit of currency. (The word had sometimes been used as a nickname for Spanish pieces of eight, which cirulated in the American colonies).
Proclamation Money was coin valued according to a proclamation issued by Queen Anne on 18 June 1704 and in effect until 1775. Colonists and colonial governments reckoned their accounts in pounds, shillings, and pence but used a variety of coinages in their daily exchanges, including the Spanish pieces of eight and the French silver "dollars" (ecus). Under the proclamation, the various colonial valuations of Spanish pieces of eight, the most common coins in the American colonies, were superseded by a uniform valuation of six shillings. This attempt to unify the silver currency of the colonies failed in practice.
During the eight years of Ronald Reagan's presidency the US national debt experienced a three fold increase. In 1980 the debt stood at 712 Billion and rose to 2, 052 Trillion during his term
"Pieces of Eight! Pieces of Eight!"
Pieces of Eight was created on 1978-09-01.
'Pieces of Eight, Pieces of Eight' as all the parrots say...
Cap'n Flint, Long John Silver's parrot.
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Pieces of Eight were Spanish coins.
It is not possible to cut a pie into seven pieces of equal area. Eight pieces and six pieces can both readily be done.