Collecting upto 10 of the townsfolk tasks and doing simultaniously i.e Beach clean up, Lost sea chart (easy peasy, kill couple of skeletons), ect. Gives you 100+ each time. (assuming they haven't bothered to change this yet)
Poker gives far more then Blackjack if you know how to play.
War Frigates are far the best way to get coins from ships, Cuba was good place for this, however i hear the Cuban Boy's have taken over.
Hold on didn't they make a rubbish record based on the 'Hamster Dance', which failed to reach the Xmas number one in the UK and were never heard of again
That probs explains a lot, they didn't make much money there, so they decided to pilage the shores of Cuba, venting their frustrations on poor innocent pirates just trying to earn a honest buck.
Oops I digress again, sorry. Yes back to topic. Yes all of above are good.
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