A big part of what you see on this blog is me slowly putting together pieces of information about ancient finances. As I come across tidbits providing insight to ancient days, you can watch me gradually build my knowledge. Several years ago I came across some references to prices of defensive armament back in the […]
Continued discussion of the value of coinage during the pirate era. Part one is here So how do we understand British pounds circa 1600? A fun website called Life in Elizabethan England, provides background on coinage. One page provides basics of Money and Coinage. Most significant piece of information is that there was no […]
Watched the uplifting and depressing movie Harriet last night. Second time I’ve seen it. Fabulous tale about the efforts of Harriet Tubman in liberating herself from slavery, then liberating most of her family, eventually freeing about 70 people from slavery. After watching the movie again, wanted to pull together a recap of the posts on […]
Let’s try bringing together the previous guesses (can’t even call them estimates) of the value of those portions of King Solomon’s wealth that are mentioned in scriptures which we can make a feeble attempt to quantify. An estimate of the value of chariots, horses, 200 large gold shields, 300 small gold shields, and place settings […]
The values assigned to my grandfather’s estate when it was probated are listed here. My determination of a adjustment factor of 13 to bring 1946 prices forward to today is shown here. The extended string of assumptions I’ve made shows a rough guess of the estate: 1946- worth $8,085 gross, with $7,785 after the […]
For an indicator of the changes in prices from the World War 2 era through today I pulled CPI information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This info will roll into my comments on the probate document for my grandfather’s estate. It is also useful for general information. The furthest into the table I can […]