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Will - value of money today
Posted: 24 Jun 2009 21:08
by Jean Raza
Checking out some of my wills:
1905 - £432 and £751
1891 - £677 9s
Can any kind person what the value of these amounts would be today?
Many thanks
Posted: 24 Jun 2009 21:27
by daggers
from a conversion thingy on the National Archives site:
1905, £432 = £24,775.20
1905, £751 = £43,069.85
1890 [nearest], £67.9.0 = £40, 572.48
You may like to check it for yourself:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/curr ... fault2.asp
Nice work if you can claim it!
D
Thanks
Posted: 25 Jun 2009 07:15
by Jean Raza
Thank you so much for that. I did try and find a conversion chart myself but had no luck.
Nice to think that some of the relatives had a bit of dosh.
All the best
Jean
Posted: 25 Jun 2009 11:47
by daggers
I have put the link to the National Archives money conversion page on the Websites section of this forum for future reference.
D
Posted: 25 Jun 2009 13:54
by MaryA
And thank you for it Daggers.
Yes, some of our ancestors must have had a bob or two - but I wonder where it went to!