15 shillings — historical-to-modern currency conversions

Leaving the original post up because I own my mistakes. I didnt fact check the original meme cus im American and with how bad our economy is (and me knowing nothing of the shilling) it just struck me as very believable. Glad I could learn something new and correct accidental misinfo!

Yep! Went and did the numbers myself over my lunch break. Gonna leave it up cus I dont hide my mistakes, but already posted a correction to myself. Good catch! As an american, I had no idea what the 'shilling' conversion rate was and just assumed it was accurate

In industrial era England? That character would have absolutely been made to work like 60hrs a week but likely with 0 overtime

Didn't finish... $124/week would be $3.10 an hour assuming a 40-hour week. In those days 40 hours was like below the minimum hours you were supposed to work.

I'm going to be that guy. Well actually the exchange rate in 1843 was 1 GBP to $4.44, 15 shillings would be $3.33 at the time, and about $124 in 2025.

Surely 304,762 guineas?

Except it would be around $90 per week at most. If we took 1840 as the earliest it could be set. 15 shillings is 75p in new money and adjusted for inflation from 1840 it comes to £66.69 or $89.02 per week.

Crassus hab ich noch auf der Liste. Bei dem ist die Umrechnung halt schwierig. Einerseits gab es nicht sooooo viel Bargeld. Andererseits konnte er selbst ne Legion aufstellen. Also damals 1/20 der größten Militärmacht der Welt.