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Pieces of Eight is the eighth studio album by Styx, released on September 1, 1978. Like the band's previous album, The Grand Illusion (1977), it managed to achieve triple platinum certification, thanks to the hit singles 'Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)' and 'Renegade'. DOWNLOAD NOW! Styx: Pieces Of Eight: DOWNLOAD NOW! Styx: Paradise Theater: DOWNLOAD NOW! Styx: Classics, Vol. 15: DOWNLOAD NOW! Styx: STYX: DOWNLOAD NOW! Styx: Return to Paradise: DOWNLOAD NOW! Styx: Man Of Miracles: DOWNLOAD NOW! Styx: Cyclorama: DOWNLOAD NOW! Styx: Styx II: DOWNLOAD NOW! Styx: Styx: Greatest Hits: DOWNLOAD NOW!

Spanish Dollar minted in Mexico City c. 1809Following independence in 1821, Mexican coinage of silver reales and gold escudos followed that of Spanish lines until and the introduction of the peso worth 8 reales or 100 centavos. It continued to be minted to Spanish standards throughout the 19th century, with the peso at 27.07 g of 0.9028 fine silver, and the escudo at 3.383 g of 0.875 fine gold.

The or 8-real coin continued to be a popular international trading coin throughout the 19th century.After 1918, the peso was reduced in size and fineness, with further reductions in the 1940s and 1950s. However, 2- (1921), 5- (1947) and 10- (1955) peso coins were minted during the same period with sizes and fineness similar to the old peso.Ireland and British colonies The term cob was used in Ireland and the British colonies to mean a piece of eight or a Spanish-American dollar, because Spanish gold and silver coins were irregularly shaped and crudely struck during this period.Australia After the was founded in Australia in 1788, it ran into the problem of a lack of coinage, particularly since trading vessels took coins out of the colony in exchange for their cargo. In 1813, Governor made creative use of £10,000 in Spanish dollars sent by the British government. To make it difficult to take the coins out of the colony, and to double their number, the centres of the coins were punched out.

The punched centre, known as the 'dump', was valued at 15, and the outer rim, known as the ', was worth five. This was indicated by overstamping the two new coins. The obverse of the holey dollar was stamped the words 'New South Wales' and the date, 1813, and the reverse with the words 'five shillings'. The obverse of the dump was stamped with a crown, the words 'New South Wales' and the date, 1813, and the reverse with the words 'fifteen pence'. The mutilated coins became the first official currency produced specifically for circulation in Australia. The expedient was relatively short lived.

The passed the Sterling Silver Money Act in 1825, which made British coins the only recognised form of currency and ended any legitimate use of the holey dollar and dump in the Australian colonies. United States The created the and initially defined the at par with the Spanish dollar due to its international reputation:By far the leading specie coin circulating in America was the Spanish silver dollar, defined as consisting of 387 grains of pure silver. The dollar was divided into 'pieces of eight,' or 'bits,' each consisting of one-eighth of a dollar. Spanish dollars came into the North American colonies through lucrative trade with the West Indies. The Spanish silver dollar had been the world's outstanding coin since the early 16th century, and was spread partially by dint of the vast silver output of the Spanish colonies in Latin America.

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More important, however, was that the Spanish dollar, from the 16th to the 19th century, was relatively the most stable and least debased coin in the Western world.The specified that the U.S. Dollar would contain 371.25 grains (24.057 g) pure or 416 grains (26.96 g) standard silver. This specification was based on the average weight of a random selection of worn Spanish dollars which ordered to be weighed at the Treasury.

Initially this dollar was comparable to the 371–373 grains found in circulating Spanish dollars and aided in its exportation overseas. The restoration of the old 0.9028 fineness in the after 1821, however, increased the latter’s silver content to 24.44 g and reduced the export demand for US dollars.Before the, owing to British policies, there was a chronic shortage of British currency in Britain's colonies. Trade was often conducted with Spanish dollars that had been obtained through illicit trade with the. Spanish coinage was legal tender in the United States until the discontinued the practice. The pricing of equities on U.S. Stock exchanges in ​ 1⁄ 8-dollar denominations persisted until the converted first to pricing in sixteenths of a dollar on 24 June 1997, and shortly after that, to decimal pricing.Asia. 1888 Mexican dollar with Chinese 'chop' marksLong tied to the lore of, 'pieces of eight' were manufactured in the Americas and in bulk back to Spain, making them a very tempting target for seagoing pirates.

The transported Mexican silver to in the Spanish, where it would be exchanged for Philippine and Chinese goods, since silver was the only foreign commodity China would accept. In Oriental trade, Spanish dollars were often stamped with Chinese characters known as 'chop marks' which indicated that particular coin had been by a well-known merchant and determined to be genuine. The specifications of the Spanish dollar became a standard for trade in the Far East, with later Western powers issuing, and colonial currencies such as the, to the same specifications.The first coins had the same specification as a Spanish dollar, leading to a continuing equivalence in some respects between the names 'yuan' and 'dollar' in the Chinese language.

Other currencies also derived from the dollar include the, and the.Fiction In modern pop culture and fiction, 'pieces of eight' are most often associated with.Fictional portrayals. In 's, 's parrot had apparently been trained to cry out, 'Pieces of eight!' This use tied the coin (and parrots) to. Deriving from the wide popularity of this book, 'Pieces of eight' is sometimes used to mean 'money' or 'a lot of money', regardless of specific denomination, and also as a synonym for treasure in general.

In the Pirate Lords must meet together by presenting the 'Nine Pieces of Eight', since these Pieces were used to seal the goddess in by the first Brethren Court.