tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489622848939498705.post9144094934298614120..comments2024-03-18T17:34:56.486-04:00Comments on Four-Color Shadows: The Castaway Who Became a Monster-Nightmare-1953Bookstevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489622848939498705.post-17141628014901793942012-03-09T03:38:21.216-05:002012-03-09T03:38:21.216-05:00Four thousand pieces of eight would have been slig...Four thousand pieces of eight would have been slightly more than four thousand US silver dollars. (The US dollar was a weight of silver equal to a sample average of pieces of eight found in circulation in America. These were very worn, compared to new pieces of eight.) We're talking about an implausibly large pension.Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489622848939498705.post-44738891852976803872012-03-08T09:05:32.851-05:002012-03-08T09:05:32.851-05:00Weird story, all right... but it's supposedly ...Weird story, all right... but it's supposedly true!The Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730805376957629641noreply@blogger.com