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Look What $0.02 Bought You in 1914 Look What $0.02 Bought You in 1914

Today you can’t buy anything for 2 cents, but way back in 1914 you could buy any of the following: A Cake Pan 3 Yards of White Tubular Corset Lace A Hardwood Butter Ladle According to the Inflation Calculator, $0.02 in 1914 is worth $0.43 in 2011. To bad that $0.43 still doesn’t buy much. [...]