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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HandsomeToad, post: 409089, member: 12965&quot;]Taking into account for a 6 day work week, that&#039;s a Dollar a day, not 10 cents. :goof:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>$300 divided by 312 = 96 cents per day average on a 6 day work week</p><p>$300 divided by 260 = $1.15 dollars per day average on a 5 day work week</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ribbit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ps: Remember that these are dated 1860 &amp; 1861, which means it was probably several years after that when they were made so around 1870 or later, which places them in the timeframe of a $1 a day wage or more. Counterfeiters don&#039;t put the actual year date on them when they counterfeited them. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Also, I have a friend who found a blob of melted coins and other items, in a Confederate Camp, so maybe that&#039;s what they were doing? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Us Southerners are resourceful when need be. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Pps: When I was living in Costa Rica a few years ago (2003), minimum wage for a non-skilled laborer was $250.00 per month. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Pps: I remember reading books by Ralph Moody, when I was growing up, and in them he talks about working as a lumberjack and getting paid a dollar a day and that was close to the turn of the century. His books are great books for young peeps to read, if you can get them away from their game consoles or computers or cell phones?&nbsp; :whistle:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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