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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DrHenley, post: 1732326, member: 50741&quot;]Yes, I bought one very similar to that for my brother-in-law.&nbsp; I have a small collection of pieces of eight, including a cob.</p><p><br /></p><p>The more I read about the Spanish Milled Dollar, the more interesting it got.&nbsp; The coin has SOOOOO much history wrrapped up in it, even the non-shipwreck coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Let me back up and start at the beginning...</p><p><br /></p><p>Years ago, my brother-in-law had an old wooden yatch called &quot;Pieces&quot; short for &quot;Pieces of Eight.&quot;&nbsp; It had a diesel engine and no mast, but it was a cool old boat.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pieces was done in by one of the hurricanes that hit the Gulf Coast.&nbsp; Even though I didn&#039;t really get to go on Pieces much, I missed the old boat and I&#039;m sure my BIL missed it even more.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I thought: &quot;It might be nice if I got him a Piece of Eight as a momento of his boat.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>So I started looking for Pieces of Eight, and I as I looked I read about them.</p><p><br /></p><p>To make a long story short, I ended up getting him a certified shipwreck Piece of Eight like yours, and also another Piece of Eight in pretty good shape along with a couple of cut bits all in a miniature pirate&#039;s chest.&nbsp; (I should mention that his favorite hangout to go to in Pieces was called &quot;Pirate&#039;s Cove.&quot;)</p><p><br /></p><p>I presented it to him at my parents&#039; house not long ago, and made him sit through a history lesson about Pieces of Eight first, which he ate up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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