Fascinating! I'll be up half the night calculating estates and land  
sales. From the estates and deeds I have, mostly from southside  
Virginia counties, the system of using British monies [for strictly  
Virginia transactions] seems to have lasted only through the first  
decade or so of the 19th century. Now I need a calculator to figure  
out the value of hogheads of tobacco in 17th century Virginia.

Nancy


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On Apr 28, 2008, at 8:22 PM, Stephan A. Schwartz wrote:

> Take a look at this. I have found it quite helpful.
>
> http://www.measuringworth.com/ppoweruk/result.php?use%5B% 
> 5D=CPI&year_early=1789&pound71=1000&shilling71=&pence71=&amount=1000&y 
> ear_source=1789&year_result=2007.
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> On 28 Apr 2008, at 18:15, myrna wrote:
>
>> Is there a site that would tell you what the value in today's  
>> money in
>> comparison to the pounds, etc. in colonial times
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robin Gabriel
>> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 2:20 PM
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>> Subject: Re: question about money
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>>  Nancy and Harold - I am by no means an expert on the history of  
>> money,
>> but I have had to respond to a few research questions on this  
>> topic. You
>> may find the following web sites of interest:
>> http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Currency
>>
>> http://www.moneymatters101.com/money/usmoney.asp
>>
>>
>> Robin
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Harold Gill
>> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 2:51 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] question about money
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>> I have been working with a collection of business papers dating in  
>> the
>> first half of the 19th century and Richmond are still using pounds,
>> shillings, and pence in the 1850's. It looks like imported  
>> products are
>> listed in the British units but I've not studied it yet.
>> HBG
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