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NOTHING STOPS THE MAIL (thelemmy.club)
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[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

To be fair, pennies were worth a lot more in 1913.

In 1913, 1 penny was worth 0.01 1913 dollars.

Today, 1 penny is only worth 0.01 2026 dollars, so you can see it's quite a difference.

this post was submitted on 20 May 2026
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