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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lon Chaney, post: 1183743, member: 29844&quot;]$105,000,000 in 1877 would be about 2,123,423,802.88.&nbsp; So 2.1 billion, quite the fortune.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure how accurate this calculator is, but this is what gave me that figure:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi" rel="nofollow">http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi</a></p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT:&nbsp; According to wikipedia, that figure is very low.&nbsp; It says in today&#039;s dollars, it&#039;d be closer to $143 billion:&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wealthiest_historical_figures#Cornelius_Vanderbilt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wealthiest_historical_figures#Cornelius_Vanderbilt" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wealthiest_historical_figures#Cornelius_Vanderbilt</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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