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What person is represented by the rebus below?
bit bit back
bit bit back
Hint
Money and football.Answer
A quarterback.bit bit = 2 bits = a quarter
During the colonial days, the most commonly used coin was the Spanish milled dollar, which later became the model for the American silver dollar. Spanish milled dollars were easily cut apart into equal "bits" of 8 pieces. One "bit" would be equal to 1/8 of a dollar, and 2 bits would equal to 2/8 (or 1/4 - a quarter) of a dollar. So, it is easy to see why the coins were called "pieces of eight", and "2 bits" was commonly used to refer to 25 cents.
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