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wood for sheep?

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

10 kg gold Dec. 2023 = ~$727,591 = $2062.92 * 10 * 35.27 oz/kilo

10 kg gold June 1920 = ~$105,810 = ~$300 * 10 * 35.27 oz/kilo

seems much higher than the respective housing cost for an average home in both cases

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

wood for sheep?

I almost missed this.

I'll just quote myself from my last game where I had a monopoly on the sheep...

YOU DARE COME TO THE MASTER SHEPHERD WITHOUT A TITHE IN HAND?

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I feel like one of these is off by a 0

[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Which one? Gold was $20.67 per Troy ounce in 1920, that’s about $664.55 per kilo. 10 kilos about $6,645.55 I’m believing the first search result https://www.countryliving.com/life/g33398396/what-things-cost-100-years-ago/ says that matches up. Gold is about $64,900 per kilo today so $649,000 for 10 bars, that’s a low cost of living middle class place or HCOL very small house that needs renovation. I could see you meaning these days and houses in some areas are in the $6 million range, guess they should be location specific.

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The bar in the picture is one kilogram or about $65,000 US dollars. Ten bars would buy a very nice house in my area.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Currently worth $650,000. I don't think it's off.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Is it me?:(

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