You could buy
You can buy one of the following:
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Empire State Building
Cost of Empire State Building when built in 1931, including cost of land for US$40,950 thousand (₱1,712 million) from source -
Sunflower painting
Auction price of the van Gogh painting, 1987 for US$39,900 thousand (₱1,668 million) from source
Thousands of
You can buy one of the following:
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Thumbs
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of thumb, 1996. for £15 thousand (₱961,900) from source -
Nissan Micra
Car for £7,820 (₱501,500)
Shopping list
You can buy all of the following:
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1 Sunflower painting
Auction price of the van Gogh painting, 1987 for US$39,900 thousand (₱1,668 million) from source -
1 Year of Wikipedia
Yearly expenditure of Wikimedia Foundation, 2007/8 for US$3,541 thousand (₱148 million) from wikipedia -
1 Taxpayer funding of UK political parties
Yearly spending for policy development for £2 million (₱128,300 thousand) from electoral_comission -
1 Charlotte Church for an event
Hire Charlotte Church for an event, 2006. Photo: Keven Law. for £50 thousand (₱3,206 thousand) from source -
1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 (₱5,591) from source