You could buy
You can buy one of the following:
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Leg
Criminal injuries compensation for loss of leg above knee, 1996. for £40 thousand ($U1,233 thousand) from source -
Enough 1p coins to cover an American football field
Cover an American football field with a single layer of UK one penny coins in hexagonal close-pack formation for £37,430 ($U1,154 thousand)
Thousands of
You can buy one of the following:
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Lemon Tart
Duchy Originals organic classic lemon tart for £3.99 ($U123) -
Acres of the Moon
Cost of an acre of the Sea of Tranquility, from the Lunar Registry for US$37.50 ($U753.80) from source
Shopping list
You can buy all of the following:
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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 ($U1,154 thousand) -
1 Keith Chegwin for an event
Hire Keith Chegwin for an event, 2006 for £4,500 ($U138,700) from source -
1 Housing benefit
Average (mean) weekly housing benefit claim in the UK, July 2011 for £87.18 ($U2,688) from source -
400 Souvenir guides to the Natural History Museum
Souvenir guide to London's Natural History Museum for £4.50 ($U138.70) -
1 One word by Stephen Fry
Cost per word of Stephen Fry's column for £3 ($U92.50)