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 (₲177,100 million) from source -
Sunflower painting
Auction price of the van Gogh painting, 1987 for US$39,900 thousand (₲172,600 million) from source
Millions of
You can buy one of the following:
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Carl Sagan's Cosmos DVDs
Inspirational and wide-appeal science series. Thirteen episodes, each one hour long. for £11.71 (₲77,690) from source -
Words by Stephen Fry
Cost per word of Stephen Fry's column for £3 (₲19,900)
Shopping list
You can buy all of the following:
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1 Empire State Building
Cost of Empire State Building when built in 1931, including cost of land for US$40,950 thousand (₲177,100 million) from source -
1 One cube of gold one meter in size
One cube of gold one meter in size for US$1,038 thousand (₲4,490 million) from hardcoded -
1 Lunch with Sir Roger Moore and Terry Wogan
Charity Auction for Children In Need. Photo: Allan Warren. for £75 thousand (₲497,600 thousand) from source -
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1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 (₲578,400) from source