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<p>[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 8405649, member: 75143"]I read somewhere an early Denarius was 1 day pay for an average soldier.</p><p>If we go by current military pay for an enlisted soldier, at about $2,000 a month ($67 a day) and multiply by 12:1 denarius to aureus, we’re looking at about $800.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think a reasonable comparison would be the buying power of a double eagle in the early 20th/late 19th century. Basically, somewhere around 2 weeks of pay for an enlisted soldier.</p><p>An eagle was sometimes said to be about one weeks pay for your average laborer back then.</p><p><br /></p><p>but, it’s very complicated since there’s not a good 1:1 comparison of prices then and now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 8405649, member: 75143"]I read somewhere an early Denarius was 1 day pay for an average soldier. If we go by current military pay for an enlisted soldier, at about $2,000 a month ($67 a day) and multiply by 12:1 denarius to aureus, we’re looking at about $800. I think a reasonable comparison would be the buying power of a double eagle in the early 20th/late 19th century. Basically, somewhere around 2 weeks of pay for an enlisted soldier. An eagle was sometimes said to be about one weeks pay for your average laborer back then. but, it’s very complicated since there’s not a good 1:1 comparison of prices then and now.[/QUOTE]
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