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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 7143216, member: 10461&quot;]You exaggerate just a <i>bit</i>. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Per this <a href="https://westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi?money=1&amp;first=1800&amp;final=2020" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi?money=1&amp;first=1800&amp;final=2020" rel="nofollow">inflation calculator</a>, which can only be set as far back as 1800 and only takes full dollar amounts, a dollar in 1800 had buying power equivalent to $15.43 in today’s (2020) dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I guess a shiny new cent in 1800 would’ve bought you approximately what 15.4 cents would buy you today.&nbsp; (*Oops- edited to correct my math fail- didn&#039;t move the decimal enough spaces over.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Not exactly a king’s ransom, but a good deal for both parties if you traded Mister 1800 a cheap flashlight or cigarette lighter for his shiny new Draped Bust cent.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Particularly if it happened to be a 1799.&nbsp; Heck, give the guy <i>five</i> lighters and <i>three</i> flashlights with a pack of extra batteries <i>and</i> a cheap solar-powered pocket calculator, if he gives you a BU 1799 cent.&nbsp; Everybody wins big then!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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