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<p>[QUOTE="doug5353, post: 2201701, member: 73555"]Just think, when that coin circulated, it was 2 weeks pay for the average mill or factory worker. Now, 125 years later, <u>after</u> income taxes and sales taxes (which we did not have in 1890), it's still (at retail price) about 2 weeks pay.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Bureau of Labor Statistics' website has all kinds of comparative income data.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="doug5353, post: 2201701, member: 73555"]Just think, when that coin circulated, it was 2 weeks pay for the average mill or factory worker. Now, 125 years later, [U]after[/U] income taxes and sales taxes (which we did not have in 1890), it's still (at retail price) about 2 weeks pay. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' website has all kinds of comparative income data.[/QUOTE]
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