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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jaytant, post: 4529548, member: 6902&quot;]I know it’s not an exact parallel. But one way of looking at it is that a British pound today has roughly $400 of gold in it - so 1/960th of a pound (a farthing) would be almost 42 cents!</p><p>Wikipedia says a farthing in the 1800s could buy a sparrow or 3 oysters with bread and butter - which isn’t bad for 42 cents... this would make today’s penny absolutely worthless in front of that farthing![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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