There weren’t that many around, since they were all hand made. And you had to be in Europe. But it was for sale for around 4000 Reichsmark, at the time 1000 US dollars, or 25,000 dollars in today’s money.

Blacksmiths made 18 cents an hour ($10.80 a week, or $560 per year) Machinists earned 16 cents an hour ($9.60 a week, or $500 per year) Laborers made about 10 cents an hour ($6 a week, or $300 per year) Privates in the Union army earned $11 a week, or $572 per year.

1800’s Cost of Living The average wage earner only made $16.00 a week. Some trades only made two, three, four, or six dollars a week. The men driving the horse drawn streetcars in New York in the 1880’s made $1.75 a day working 14 to 16 hr. a day.

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These large daily newspapers cost 8 to 10 dollars for a yearly subscription, and were not sold as individual issues. Keep in mind that one dollar in 1840 would be approximately twenty dollars today, and that the daily wage for a laborer at that time ranged from 40 cents to 1 dollar 9.

The study released Sunday said the typical sticker price for a compact car in 1986 was $10,439 — up 6.2 percent from $9,834 in 1985 and 205 percent higher than the average 1972 price tag of $3,425.

$0.01 in 1776 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $0.30 today, an increase of $0.29 over 245 years.

$1 in 1850 is worth $33.72 today $1 in 1850 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $33.72 today, an increase of $32.72 over 171 years.

$1 in 1800 is worth $20.87 today A dollar today only buys 4.79% of what it could buy back then.

$1 in 1700 is worth $64.15 today $1 in 1700 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $64.15 today, an increase of $63.15 over 321 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 1.30% per year between 1700 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 6,314.98%.

The Price of Bread

The 1930 inflation rate was -2.34%….Value of $200 from 1930 to 2021.

$500 in 1880 is worth $today $500 in 1880 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $today, an increase of $over 141 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 2.33% per year between 1880 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 2,478.57%.

$10,000 in 1950 is worth $today.

$2 in 1920 is worth $26.30 today.

Today’s exchange rate is 1.57 dollars to one pound. So, 2k pounds in the 1920s is roughly 141k in US dollars today. This means Arthur Shelby Sr made off with a little over 35k US when he absconded with 500 pounds.

Value of $2 from 1910 to 2021

$2 in 1930 is worth $31.50 today.