Here's a cool site that will alow you to convert currency between the years 1264 (year of te Battle of Lewes and eight years after
Simon de Montefort called the first Parliament at Oxford) and 2002.
Economic History .Net Great if you want to see what any loose change you have rattling away may be worth.
�106.59 in the year 2002 has the same "purchase power" as �1, 10s, 50d in the year 1900.
�67.55 in the year 2002 has the same "purchase power" as �1, 10s, 50d in the year 1800.
The value of the pound
rose in the nineteenth century !
Well if you take �500 in 1975 it is equivalent to r �41, 6s, 2d in 1900; or �65, 3s, 9d in 1800 ;
�1279.08 in the year 2002 has the same "purchase power" as �1, 10s, 50d in the year 1264.
It cost �63,176 to construct the HMS Victory in 1765.
�5302512.31 in the year 2002 has the same "purchase power" as �63176, s, d in the year 1765.
For those who think real money is the US dollar, the site is quite accomodating
US Dollar conversions from 1665 to 2003.
1. $10744.60 in the year 2003 hires the same amount of labor as $100 in the year 1900.
2. $1.12 in the year 1774 hires the same amount of labor as $500 in the year 2002.
The Relative cost of Unskilled labour [ July 08, 2004: Message edited by: Helen Thomas ]