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 (L$11,060 million) from source -
Sunflower painting
Auction price of the van Gogh painting, 1987 for US$39,900 thousand (L$10,770 million) from source
Thousands of
You can buy one of the following:
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Nissan Micra
Car for £7,820 (L$3,239 thousand) -
questions in the UK parliament
Payments made to MPs to table parliamentary questions, 1994. for £2 thousand (L$828,300) from wikipedia
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 (L$10,770 million) from source -
1 Influencing legislation
Fee requested by Lord Truscott to amend government legislation. for £72 thousand (L$29,820 thousand) from wikipedia -
1 Enough 1p coins to cover an American football field
Cover an American football field with a single layer of UK one penny coins in hexagonal close-pack formation for £37,430 (L$15,500 thousand) -
3 thousand Maggie Simpsons
Price in opening credits of The Simpsons for US$847.60 (L$228,900) from source -
2 thousand Black's Law Dictionary
"Black's Law Dictionary" by Bryan A. Garner for £89 (L$36,860) from waterstones