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To: Kaslin

Nostalgia? I’ll give you nostalgia - shave and a haircut, two bits!


2 posted on 10/08/2011 6:35:24 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Jack Hammer

The Navel Legend I heard tell was that “Pieces of Eight” were coins pre-scored to break into eight “bits”. “Two bits” is a fourth of a dollar...twenty five cents.


9 posted on 10/08/2011 7:05:14 AM PDT by 50sDad (A Liberal prevents me from telling you anything here.)
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