Jack Sparrow's piece of eight



Jack Sparrow had two different pieces of eight. The first, which mainly served as one of the nine pieces of eight used by the Brethren Court, was made out of a small, ancient Siamese coin woven into Moroccan beads. It was later destroyed in a ritual to release Calypso from her human form. Jack later made a second piece of eight, known to be made of a bone with a Chinese luck coin tied to some copper wire, a red bead, a barrel bead and a silver canine tooth.

First piece of eight
Jack Sparrow got the beads from a Moroccan lady of ill repute. The coin is an ancient one from Siam, one of the first two bits he ever pirated. While one of the coins became part of the nine pieces of eight, he bought his hat with the other coin. It was in Jack's possession wherever he went, as the Pirate Lord of the Caribbean, draping over his forehead. He wore it from his adventures in getting the Black Pearl back in his possession, in his search for the Dead Man's Chest, and throughout of the war against piracy.

During the meeting of the Fourth Brethren Court, it was preferred by Hector Barbossa that every Pirate Lord had to present their piece of eight. When called upon about his own piece of eight, Jack merely meddled with his for a moment and then let it stay on his forehead. Unlike the other Pirate Lords, Jack kept his piece of eight throughout the meeting. Later, during the parley in the sandbar, Barbossa sliced Jack's piece of eight and had his monkey retrieve it. The piece of eight finally burned to a crisp during the incantation to release Calypso from her human form.

Second piece of eight
Sometime between the end of the battle around Calypso's maelstrom and Barbossa's second mutiny aboard the Black Pearl, Jack would make a new piece of eight. He was seen with it made out of a bone with a Chinese luck coin tied to some copper wire, a red bead, a barrel bead and a silver canine tooth.

Appearances

 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Legends of the Brethren Court
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Six Sea Chanties
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (video game)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (junior novelization)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow
 * The Accidental Pirate!
 * Revenge of the Pirates!
 * The Capture of Jack Sparrow!
 * Legend of the Aztec Idol!
 * In Jack We Trust!
 * Open Sesame!
 * A Revolting Development!
 * The Sidekick!
 * The Duel!
 * Enter... the Scarecrow!
 * Chain Reaction!
 * Going Overboard!
 * The Eye of Dispair!
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: A Storm at Sea
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Escape from Davy Jones
 * Pirates of the Caribbean Online
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (video game)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (junior novelization)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (comic)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (video game)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (junior novelization)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (comic)
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
 * Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (junior novelization)

Non-canon appearances

 * The Buccaneer's Heart!
 * Pirates of the Caribbean (ride)
 * Kingdom Hearts II