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Thumb
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand ($a121,600) from source
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Overnight stays in a Museum
Stay overnight at London's Natural History Museum. for £175 ($a1,419) from nhm -
Random number tables
"A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates" by Michael D. Rich for £62 ($a502.70) from waterstones
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100 duck islands
Cost of a floating duck island, claimed as an expense by Conservative MP, Peter Viggers. for £1,645 ($a13,340) from wikipedia -
5 thousand Scientific calculators
Casio FX-85GT+ scientific calculator for £7.99 ($a64.79) from source