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St John

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May 14, 2008, 2:20:25 PM5/14/08
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nice that folks name children after Muddy....very blues relevant....
"jus' keepin' the blues alive"......!!!!
myself?...I'd just as soon have a coupla "McKinleys" in my wallet at this time.....
anybody else?
thanx you very much.......



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Chuck Winans

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May 15, 2008, 5:08:52 AM5/15/08
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I wouldn't mind having a couple of McKinleys in my wallet, either, even though the $500 bill hasn't been printed since 1945 and circulation of the same was discontinued by executive order of Richard Nixon in 1969, as a means of combating organized crime.

Thus, any $500 bill in my wallet wouldn't be worth the paper it's printed on!

Chuck Winans
Chicago, Illinois

Ryan Hartt

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May 15, 2008, 11:32:47 AM5/15/08
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Put me down for a son named McKinley and no $500 bills to be had.
Ryan

> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 11:20:13 -0700
> From: defro...@yahoo.com
> Subject: the name "McKinley"
> To: BLU...@LISTS.NETSPACE.ORG

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Jef Jaisun

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May 15, 2008, 6:08:19 PM5/15/08
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>I wouldn't mind having a couple of McKinleys in my wallet, either,
>even though the $500 bill hasn't been printed since 1945 and
>circulation of the same was discontinued by executive order of Richard
>Nixon in 1969, as a means of combating organized crime.
>
> Thus, any $500 bill in my wallet wouldn't be worth the paper it's
printed on!

Well, you're almost correct, $500 in 1945 dollars is worth about 50
cents today. If you did have a 1945 McKinley, it'd still
theoretically be worth face value, but probably worth more as a
collectors item.

Jef

Patrick Hertel

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May 15, 2008, 6:17:08 PM5/15/08
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"Well, you're almost correct, $500 in 1945 dollars is worth about 50
cents today. " ... uuuh I think you will find the opposite to be closer to the
truth.

Patrick Hertel

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May 15, 2008, 6:22:06 PM5/15/08
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With nthe help of our friend Google:


Current data is only available till 2007. In 2007, $500.00 from 1945 is
worth:
$5,759.50 using the Consumer Price Index
$4,790.74 using the GDP deflator
$10,495.63 using the value of consumer bundle *
$10,055.35 using the unskilled wage *
$14,374.84 using the nominal GDP per capita
$31,020.39 using the relative share of GDP

Jef Jaisun

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May 15, 2008, 6:32:26 PM5/15/08
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At 03:22 PM 5/15/2008, jinx...@aol.com wrote:

>I once held a Salmon B. Chase currency bill in my hand and it was real!
>
>Scared the crap out of me to know that one piece of paper was worth
>that much real money.
>
>Needless to say, it is not in issue any longer . . .


Yeah...now that Salmon is an Endangered Species... ;)

Ricky Stevens

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May 15, 2008, 7:04:51 PM5/15/08
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How much is that in loaves of bread?

Ricky Stevens
Arkabutla, Mississippi
> Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 18:21:37 -0400
> From: bloo...@teksavvy.com

> Current data is only available till 2007. In 2007, $500.00 from 1945 is
> worth:
> $5,759.50 using the Consumer Price Index
> $4,790.74 using the GDP deflator
> $10,495.63 using the value of consumer bundle *
> $10,055.35 using the unskilled wage *
> $14,374.84 using the nominal GDP per capita
> $31,020.39 using the relative share of GDP
>

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Jef Jaisun

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May 16, 2008, 7:03:27 AM5/16/08
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On 15 May 2008 15:22:06 -0700, bloo...@teksavvy.com (Patrick Hertel) wrote:

>Current data is only available till 2007. In 2007, $500.00 from 1945 is
>worth:
> $5,759.50 using the Consumer Price Index
> $4,790.74 using the GDP deflator
> $10,495.63 using the value of consumer bundle *
> $10,055.35 using the unskilled wage *
> $14,374.84 using the nominal GDP per capita
> $31,020.39 using the relative share of GDP

Naw, that's backwards! What it really means is it would take
$5,759.50 in 2007 to buy what $500 dollars would buy back in 1945. If
you still had that $500 bill, it would only buy you $57.59 worth of
what you could buy with it in 1945. Or, to put it in 2008 terms,
about half a tank of gas. ;)

If you use the $31K GDP figure, the $500 would only buy you 1/62 of
it's original value. About $8. Er, I mean, two gallons of gas.

Jef

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