The original opening of At World's End was to be a montage depicting the Pirate Lords each receiving a piece of eight from Hector Barbossa as a sort of invitation announcing the convening of the Brethren Court.The Brethren Court has been called." ― Sao Feng and Hector Barbossa
In 1751, when Henry Turner needed help to free the notorious pirate Jack Sparrow and the astronomer Carina Smyth from the British authorities on the island of Saint Martin, he hired Sparrow's former crew, giving the pirates ten silver pieces. That coin was all that was left of his father's earthly wealth. The infamous pirate James Sterling wore a Piece of eight around his neck. When the pirate Ragetti lost his right eye, he received 300 pieces of eight as a compensation. Sao Feng holds Barbossa's piece of eight. The Pirate Lord Henry Morgan was said to have amassed more than half a million dollars in three years from sacking the major towns of the Spanish Main. When the First Brethren Court met to bind Calypso, the Pirate Lords intended to use nine pieces of eight to do that, but they were too short on money, so they used whatever they had in their pockets at the time. The term peso was used in Spanish to refer to this denomination. Except for the gold Doubloon, the piece of eight was the most valuable currency in the New World during the Age of Piracy. It was widely used in Europe, the Americas, and the Far East. The purpose of the piece of eight was to correspond to the German thaler. "Neptune’s nightgown, love! You can't go flashing that much money here! This is Shipwreck City! Are you mad?" ― Esmeralda and Jack Sparrow