CURRENCIE ·
Spanish colonial dollar (piece of eight)
A Spanish imperial silver coin that circulated as the primary exchange medium in colonial America.
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Symbol$
Statushistorical
Start1600
Minor unitreal
History
Flowed into the British colonies via Caribbean trade from the early 1600s; remained legal tender in the US until the Coinage Act of 1857.
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