The Gold Coins Riddle! Help!!?

Ok, i really need help with this riddle, here it goes…

A king has 8 gold coins, one of the coins is counterfeit and weighs less than the others. The king has only one balance scale. How can the king find the counterfeit coin using the least number of weighings?

please explain!
thanks so mucho!

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