Thread: Pieces of eight
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Old 12-08-2008, 02:11 PM   #134
arete
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Arrow Um, is this a trick question??

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Originally Posted by Icewolf View Post
I wonder how many pieces you have to collect to get the entire eight.
Um, eight. There were these Spanish doubloons, right, that they used to chop up into eight slices to make change. Like a metal pizza. So if you had eight pieces, you'd have one whole doubloon.

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