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Old 06-24-2013, 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by bigrun View Post
$2600!..what's that in today's $?..26K?

http://www.timesdispatch.com/special...291d8be79.html
$2600 in 1863 u.s. currency is about $47800 in today's dollars according to this entirely* reliable website.

http://www.westegg.com/inflation/

$2600 in confederate currency is worth a little** less.

*probably not at all

**actually a lot
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