The worlds first practical automobile, the Benz Patent Motorwagen sold for 2,000 goldmarks in 1885. That is equivilant to around $508 in that days money. In todays money that is equal to around $12,000.
It would probably be about $10,000.
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I think that it would be worth about $1100 by today's money
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If you mean what is 500 dollars in 1965 equivilant to in today's money value then the answer is about 3,600 dollars. If you mean what is 500 dollars in today's money equivilant to in 1965's money value then it is about 68 dollars.
colonial beaver hats were about $250 (todays money) which would have been about $20 then
$0.15 of 1885 dollars would be worth: $3.57 in 2012.
There were 20 shilling in one pound. Therefore 15 shillings would equal 75 pence in todays money.
Well, honey, 15 shillings back in the day would be roughly equivalent to around 75 pence in today's money. But let's be real, who even uses shillings anymore? Just think of it as a couple of coins jingling in your pocket that you could probably find under your couch cushions.
His annual income as an actor was equal to $500,000 in todays money which would certainly mean that he was not poor.
In modern democracies, the people's will is (in theory) sovereign.