2006-08-05 16:36:45 · 7 answers · asked by caprockblue 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Reale
8 reales is the full dollar.
The Spainsh milled dollar or the pillar dollar.
2006-08-05 16:40:56 · answer #1 · answered by Man 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
From Wikipedia:
"The peso had a nominal value of eight reales ("royals"). The coins were often physically cut into eight "bits," or sometimes four quarters, to make smaller change. This is the origin of the colloquial name "pieces of eight" for the coin, and of "quarter" and "two bits" for twenty-five cents in the United States."
2006-08-05 23:41:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The coin is called a Piece of eight.
2006-08-05 23:41:09 · answer #3 · answered by honeybee4u2c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Reale.
It was literally cut into pieces, being real silver, and used thus so.
Pieces of Eight!
2006-08-06 00:44:01 · answer #4 · answered by Muinghan Life During Wartime 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Reale.
2006-08-05 23:42:05 · answer #5 · answered by diamondspider 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was called a "REAL' which means royal in Spanish.
2006-08-05 23:41:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a bit
2006-08-05 23:42:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋