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Interesting. Someone's getting ready.
1 posted on 12/24/2012 6:33:52 AM PST by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer

Pieces of eight.

Smart barter


2 posted on 12/24/2012 6:47:02 AM PST by maine yankee (I got my Governor at 'Marden's')
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To: blam

ping!


3 posted on 12/24/2012 6:48:26 AM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

Real da a ocho, was probably the first true world currency. Our first dollar was based on the Spanish dollar. In fact the American dollar could be divided like pieces of eight, hence the term “two bits”.

50 grams of gold is pretty expensive. The pieces are equal to two ounces of silver or about $75. Someone needs to make a silver equivalent for us poor folks.


4 posted on 12/24/2012 7:43:11 AM PST by PJammers (I can't help it... It's my idiom!)
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To: Kartographer

take your one ounce bar of gold and exchange it for 40-60 ounces of silver.

easy enough


9 posted on 12/24/2012 9:08:41 AM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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