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&yea 
r_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-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robin Gabriel
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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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> 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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