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We can see from the picture that the Jack Skull has a feather on it
Note: This is based on Native American Culture
Feathers😖acred universal symbol of flight within the spirit world and serving as messenger to Great Spirit.
The next thing the number 8 we all know about the pieces of 8 we are going to look at the number 8.
Note: This is based on The Bible
Eight:New beginning(That's interesting isn't?)
This is more information on the pieces of 8:
During the Golden Age of Piracy (and well into the 19th Century) a "Piece of Eight" was a Spanish coin that was roughly equivalent to today's dollar coin. However, unlike today's American dollar, which is worth 100 pennies, the Piece of Eight was worth, an eight of Spain's common denomination, the Reale.
The Piece of Eight was clearly marked with the number "8". It may seem odd to some people to have 1/8 of a piece, but at one time, the U.S. Dollar was divided into eight pieces or bits as well. (We all remember the nursery rhyme, "two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar".) The phrase "a piece of" to describe a coin may seem odd, but a quick look at the Oxford English Dictionary makes it clear that the definition was common term during the English/Spanish era the of the 18th/early19th century.).
Today, we would call it an "Eight Real Piece" or " Coin" or "Ten Mark Piece". Sometimes, the coins would be cut in half. If you cut an 8 reale coin in half, the two halves would be worth four reales, and, since the coins were made of pure silver, the cutting of them into pieces didn't decrease the value of the split coin.
As a point of reference, a Doubloon which was a "gold piece" which was different from a "Piece of Eight", a silver piece.
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http://www.indiansun.net/symbols_text.htm
http://www.christcenteredmall.com/teachings/symbolism/numbers.htm
http://www.alleywayz.com/piecesofeight.htm