Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
"Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson
Старая, проверенная классика оставляет свежие впечатления благодаря множеству новых слов.
Spanish "pieces-of-eight" from Spanish shipwrecks on the Florida Coast Photo courtesy of Dr. E. Lee Spence
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"Pieces of eight are historical Spanish dollar coins minted in the Americas from the late 15th century through the 19th century. Made of silver, they were in nearly worldwide circulation by the late 19th century and were legal currency in the United States until 1857. The Spanish dollar coin was worth eight reales and could be physically cut into eight pieces, or "bits," to make change - hence the colloquial name "pieces of eight." The dollar coin could also be cut into quarters, and "two bits" became American slang for a quarter dollar, or 25 cents. The American dollar used today was based on the Spanish dollar."
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