So a pound a coffee was 1 dollar back then but 1 dollar is worth 24 dollars today................

Hmm. Short of 900 really isn't worth the whole robbery thing. Then again I guess I never think of value in such things. People get killed for less.

Perhaps by an online inflation calculator, but there are many more accurate ways to figure it. For example, 37 silver dollars, worth apx. $20 each today, equals apx. $740, but $37 in gold coins would be worth apx. .048375 ounces of gold per dollar times 37 is 1.789875 ounces of gold times about 1500 per ounce comes to around 2,684 dollars in today's money, not counting any rarity the coins might have today. So consider the differences. Depending upon the way the relative values are calculated, it was either a $740 dollar robbery, or maybe $889.11, or maybe $2684. Or any number of other figures, depending upon what it gets compared to.

Jack Smile666 coffee was much harder to get and everyone needed it, so there was a ton of demand.

Money also had more buying power back then. You have inflation then the price of individual good change over time.

Oh yeah!

So Bill didn’t just rob a stagecoach he got a saloon full of friends...

This is such a wholesome comment.

The firearm prices varied from region to region. I've seen ads for the Colt SAA in different price points. $50 a month was on the low scale for a laborer. Company-hired hard rock miners were making more than that, from what I've read.

Shhhhh!!!

I can't believe I fooled you all for so long! Mwahahaa!

I do that way more often then I like to admit

I’m watching this for the first time now and I had to run that spot in the clip over again so I knew I was hearing correctly! Heck, if you find some nice steak in the market today and it’s not old and green AND it costs only $1.39 lb, BUY IT!🙄😬🥩🥰

Very cool info!

You're welcome. Thanks, Harry!

In life he was wearing a mask when he carried out his stagecoach robberies. I don't think he knows he's dead!

No, I knew what you were trying to recreate, but it just seemed strange to me. But who knows, how we look in the after life, after we croak. Thanks.

His spirit is doomed to walk the Earth wearing the mask he used for evil!

Because he is shy.😉

Ain't it cool?

Round 'em up and see what ya got

I have a 2 cent piece dated 1862 with a hole in it and from what I can find slaves during that time would wear them on a leather cord around their neck or wrist to keep from losing it.

@@wizardofahhhs759 The Two Cent Bronze was first issued in 1864.

@@-oiiio-3993 It's not bronze it's copper.

The United States issued two cent coin was bronze (95% copper, 5% tin and zinc) and minted from 1864 - 1873. There were privately minted two cent tokens used during the Civil War coin shortages. www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/category/two-cent-1864-1873/670

Thank you!

Thank you for your kudos! I'm the new kid on the block. We'll see what time has in store for this channel. Next week I'm going to take you all to a movie location...should be fun.

That's older than any I have! Cool.

Yup

you never heard of a nickle cigar ??

🤣 good luck paying with a dollar coin marked 2020!!!! A 1921 morgan dollar runs about 40 dollars in asia now

Sure does!

@@ArizonaGhostriders A point I failed at, was back then our currency was gold and silver specie backed. You take that 19th century currency based on its gold and silver content in today’s marketplace (an ounce of silver today is worth $25.05), $37.59 approaches $1,000. If a $20 gold piece is in that mix, then it would be significantly more. Modern “fiat” currency has no intrinsic value. Basically, the value or cost of these items hasn’t risen, in fact they’re actually less expensive due our ability at mass production (another 19th and 20th century achievement). What has dropped in value is our currency.

Well, Ron, I can sure look into it. Some of the info can be found in this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aN1ymLmarN-5e2g.html

Was beer in the 1880s served cold or room temp ? Was beer available in most saloons ? I love Arizona history.

Thank you!

Thank you. There's a whole bunch more info on him out there. I went to find his grave and the records list him as "unmarked" :-(

Yeah, back then $20 was almost a week's pay for some folks. You could get a lot done with that...unless you lived in Deadwood!

@@ArizonaGhostriders When I was tracking it, a Double Eagle (an ounce of gold) would buy you a brand new Colt SSA or a bespoke suit. The same today.

It's interesting. I'll do more videos on the economy in the future.

Oh yes. Where Wild Bill Hickok met his end.

Very real.

Definitely neat, eh?

@@ArizonaGhostriders Definitely!

Half Dimes were among the original denominations specified by the Coinage Act of 1792, which established the U.S. Mint at Philadelphia. They were coined from 1794 - 1873. They were called half dimes because they were just that - half the weight of the same silver as a dime. 'Dime' and 'Cent' were new innovations in 1792 as decimal divisions of the dollar. Ten dollars was one Eagle. The Five Cent 'Nickel' was not produced until 1866.

Yeah, Curley Bill wins $500 from Wyatt in Tombstone.....my GOD, that's a lot of money then.

@@ArizonaGhostriders yeah! What does that convert to in today's dollars? He could have retired!

yes we have!

Thank you!

Cowboys weren't minimum wage workers back in the day. They were the equivalent to oil field workers in modern times who get high pay for hard work in remote locations. The cowboys that worked on the cattle drives from Texas to the railheads on the Union Pacific were earning $40.00 a month when an East Coast farm hand might earn as little as $7.00.

I made it.

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That's a good 'un to have!

@@ArizonaGhostriders yeah I was lucky to find one that had some slight damage. The damage didn’t take away from the look, but decreased the worth to $7 at the time.

@@generaldeathmaster9295 Smart!

I was the "Stagecoach Robbery" before this one.

@@ArizonaGhostriders Oh, thank you!

Thanks! Naw, it's the mustache.

Depends on the job. Many bookkeepers and paper pushers like today. Not unhealthy work there.

Made it with scrap leather

Thank you!

Awww, don't be worried. I've been into some Ryes lately, like Templeton. Safe to say my favorite bourbon is Elijah Craig 12 year. If you get a chance, try it.

Goes with the period correct HD camera I used to make the video.

​@@ArizonaGhostriders I'm sure you can offset the bad mojo from the HD camera with a period correct flash lamp. (The kind with the flash powder)

@@HipposHateWater Sure ya can!

I don't think they go bad. You'll have to let me know.

@@ArizonaGhostriders My friend, I apologize if I was unclear. I meant I haven’t eaten them in a decade, so I don’t know if I’ll still like them. The ones I bought in question are brand new. Don’t worry, I’ll still tell you how they are! Once again, thank you!

@@adamhenrywalker LOL!! Well, either way I suggest the Haribo brand, as they are (in my opinion) the best!

@@ArizonaGhostriders They are pretty good, if memory serves. Unfortunately they no longer fit with my diet so I’m relegated to a different brand. And that joke with the gummy bears was my favorite one in the video! I’ll tell you a funny story, I bought those gummy bears for three dollars at a restaurant, which is expensive. I then sold them to my friend for five dollars. With that two dollar profit, I’ll buy them cheaper at the market and let you know how I like them!

@@ArizonaGhostriders Well my friend, I’ve finally done it. Today on my birthday I have treated myself to some gummy bears, and let me tell you they were delicious. Thank you very much!

"Use the Internet, babe"

@@saddyclown3044 ah,okay ! Thanks !

YAY!! Another one!

Yeah, I'm not too keen on math either. Never have been.

Yup. I've seen them. There were at least 100 watchmakers back then. Crazy, right?

@@ArizonaGhostriders very some of them are still in business but they make wrist watches or they make tools

@@TheHolyFurryEmpire Yup!

Half Dimes were among the original denominations specified by the Coinage Act of 1792, which established the U.S. Mint at Philadelphia. They were coined from 1794 - 1873. They were called half dimes because they were just that - half the weight of the same silver as a dime. 'Dime' and 'Cent' were new innovations in 1792 as decimal divisions of the dollar. Ten dollars was one Eagle. The Five Cent 'Nickel' was not produced until 1866.

Much appreciated.

Actually 90% silver, 10% copper vs. 75% copper, 25% nickel.

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Yeah

LOL!!!!

You'd probably like the old British silver threepence, as well.

Mark, you are mostly right. Coffee was under $1 for a pound in 1878. I was going off an original 1878 receipt for 10lbs. of coffee and just read it wrong in the narration. A "roasting" steak was, as correctly narrated, $0.17 a pound. Not every cowboy was making $1 a day. Some more, some less. Yes, a lot of rustling was going on!

At 17cents a lb and a $1 a day I´d a been rustling too. And you are right, wages could vary from ranch to ranch and how good of a cowboy you were, like a Top Hand. Thanks for your videos.

Also may explain why so many of them were skinny. Thanks for keeping me honest!

Tule Mike Rob a stagecoach. Just be more successful than Bill Brazelton

Pretty cool!

Wah Maker "Dealer Diamond". Can't seem to find it new, but here is pre-owned: www.ebay.com/itm/Wah-Maker-Old-West-Frontier-Shirt-Men-s-Large-White-Blue-Striped-Banded-Collar/223431395566?hash=item34058c88ee:g:NaoAAOSw1V9cetGq

@@ArizonaGhostriders Superb thank you!

I'll look into it, thanks!

Bits are partial currency. If you've ever heard "Shave and a haircut, 2 bits" that means .25 cents. 1 bit would be 12 1/2 cents, which could buy you...something....(maybe a sandwich).

@@ArizonaGhostriders thanks.

When the U.S. Mint was established in 1792, the U.S. Dollar was based on the Spanish Dollar and traded at par. 'Spanish' (Mexican) coinage enjoyed full legal tender status in the United States through 1857, the same year the pure copper 'Large Cent' and Half Cent coins were eliminated. In the Southwestern U.S., Mexican minted 'Spanish' coins were more commonly found than U.S. coinage until well after the 'Civil War'. The reason for the Half Cent originally was to make change for one Real, or 'Bit', which equaled 12.5 cents. "Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar..." The divisions of the U.S. Dollar (subsidiary coinage) were partly metric, partly 'cleaved' as was the Spanish Dollar. One Dollar (1.00) was metrically divided into ten dimes (0.10) or one hundred cents (0.01). As the Spanish Dollar (8 Reales) had subsidiary coins of half (four Reales), quarter (two Reales), and eighth (one Real, or 'bit'), The U.S. provided Half Dollars and Quarter Dollars to facilitate exchange between Spanish and U.S. coin. The Half Dime and Half Cent (one 'bit' = 12.5 cents) rounded out the lower end while the Ten Dollar gold Eagle and its Half Eagle ($5) and Quarter Eagle ($2.50) were the original U.S. gold coins.

ha!

Thank you.

Yeah!

I've seen a good range of prices for them. Just like today, they were differently priced depending on the distributers.

That comment makes YOU the best!

Tule Mike oh, you must be one of ‘em high fo-luten city folk what done got educated

Awww!

Yes.

Bill wears the wedding ring so that female ghosts will leave him alone.

Incorrect.

This is pre-Trex. He came in at the Halloween episode

Arizona Ghostriders I thought trex was a girl, learned 2 things by clicking on this video

@@CaptainBehn Thanks!

Thanks!

:-)

Half Dimes were among the original denominations specified by the Coinage Act of 1792, which established the U.S. Mint at Philadelphia. They were coined from 1794 - 1873. They were called half dimes because they were just that - half the weight of the same silver as a dime. 'Dime' and 'Cent' were new innovations in 1792 as decimal divisions of the dollar. Ten dollars was one Eagle. The Five Cent 'Nickel' was not produced until 1866.

lol!

yeah

Good for you!

I don't believe they used those in the 1880s.

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Yes

Well, it was something.The wealthy men were the railroad tycoons and the bankers.

Thank God the other 83,000 like it.