How To Use piece of eight In A Sentence
- In English (following Spanish) a doubloon was a coin worth two pesetas -- the pirates '` piece of eight,' because the peseta was equivalent to four reals. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol 1 No 3
- In the late 1800s and early 1900s the U.S. dollar was equivalent in value to the Spanish 8 reales “piece of eight” coin. Draped Bust Small Eagle Quarter, 1796 : Coin Guide
- As a piece of eighties nostalgia it does the job but for what you get you'd find better value in a compilation CD and some vintage sportswear, for there's little else here.
- I find that in 1631 our house of burgesses desired of the privy council in England, a coin debased to twenty-five per cent.; that in 1645 they forbid dealing by barter for tobacco, and established the Spanish piece of eight at six shillings, as the standard of their currency; that in 1655 they changed it to five shillings sterling. Notes on the State of Virginia
