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Consider the launch of the dollar the country's Initial Coin Offering, back when the U.S. government was hustling to surpass the dominance of the Spanish pieces of eight then in common circulation throughout the country.
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Eamon Javers, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026
The window to claim a piece of eight settlements, each valued at $1 million or more, closes in March.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
The largest statue should be of the unnamed woman who talked a pirate into giving her five hundred pieces of eight just to watch her strip.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
Avery sent a purse stuffed with pieces of eight to make sure the governor got the point.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
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Eamon Javers, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2026
The window to claim a piece of eight settlements, each valued at $1 million or more, closes in March.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
The largest statue should be of the unnamed woman who talked a pirate into giving her five hundred pieces of eight just to watch her strip.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
Avery sent a purse stuffed with pieces of eight to make sure the governor got the point.
—Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Piece of eight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piece%20of%20eight. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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