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what is it worth today

  • 05-11-2009 8:36pm
    #1
    KC JONES
    Closed Accounts Posts: 243 ✭✭


    I am not sure where to post this so hope OK here

    Does anyone know what 37 Irish pounds in 1983 would be worth today in pounds or euro


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  • #2
    pikachucheeks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,488 ✭✭✭pikachucheeks


    Ask those Antiques Roadshow people!


  • #3
    Sea Sharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭Sea Sharp


    Google the price of a pint of Guinness back then. Compare that with the current price and voilla.


  • #4
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,124 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Weird, my house number was 37 until a few months ago and I was born in 1983

    ..well, that's all I've got!


  • #5
    kelle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,243 ✭✭✭kelle


    I can only bring you to 1988 and tell you it was worth IR£48 then. I know that because I got exactly that for my confirmation in 1983, then i closed my savings account in 1988 and got above amount. Useful info, eh!


  • #6
    WeeBushy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭WeeBushy


    Lemme guess... this is a question for some competition?


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  • #7
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    KC JONES wrote: »
    I am not sure where to post this so hope OK here

    Does anyone know what 37 Irish pounds in 1983 would be worth today in pounds or euro
    Your gonna take a while to get the answer to that.

    Get the inflation rates of the economy from 1983 to 2002 and keep adding the inflation rate to 37 pounds convert the answer to euros via xe.com. Then get the inflation rates from 2002-2009 and add as you did for 1983-2002.
    Hell I'll even do it now.


  • #8
    Saibh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,431 ✭✭✭✭Saibh


    To convert Irish pound to Euro - divide the Irish pound amount by 0.787564




  • #9
    KC JONES
    Closed Accounts Posts: 243 ✭✭KC JONES


    WeeBushy wrote: »
    Lemme guess... this is a question for some competition?
    no its just something i am researching. Someone mentioned having spent 37 pounds on a coat in 1983 and said "that was a lot of money then". I just wondered how much it would be today and what would have been the average weekly wage back then? She was a shop assistant


  • #10
    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    are you trying to make a price comparison between what something cost in 1983 versus now?

    doesn't always work out given that some items have fallen in price since then [video game consoles - microwaves - VCRs etc]


  • #11
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    2008 it would of been worth approx €104.43, 2009 due to the recession and deflation its worth €102.87 approximately.

    Thats just based on monetary value.


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  • #12
    Voltex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,584 ✭✭✭Voltex


    old bank book?..believe it or not..back then they used to write it into a book what your balance was.


  • #13
    WeeBushy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭WeeBushy


    KC JONES wrote: »
    no its just something i am researching. Someone mentioned having spent 37 pounds on a coat in 1983 and said "that was a lot of money then". I just wondered how much it would be today and what would have been the average weekly wage back then? She was a shop assistant

    Ah right... well I don't have a clue. Wish I could be more helpful.


  • #14
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    According to my parents the avg. wage back then was around £2.50 p/h which is a pittance by todays standards.


  • #15
    KC JONES
    Closed Accounts Posts: 243 ✭✭KC JONES


    Thanks everyone for the input;)


  • #16
    jif
    Closed Accounts Posts: 340 ✭✭jif


    KC JONES wrote: »
    no its just something i am researching. Someone mentioned having spent 37 pounds on a coat in 1983 and said "that was a lot of money then". I just wondered how much it would be today and what would have been the average weekly wage back then? She was a shop assistant

    it would be about €100 today.


  • #17
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,647 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    kelle wrote: »
    I can only bring you to 1988 and tell you it was worth IR£48 then. I know that because I got exactly that for my confirmation in 1983, then i closed my savings account in 1988 and got above amount. Useful info, eh!
    Do you know how banks work?


  • #18
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    jif wrote: »
    it would be about €100 today.
    I already got the exact amount post #9, no need to be guessing now ;)


  • #19
    jif
    Closed Accounts Posts: 340 ✭✭jif


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    I already got the exact amount post #9, no need to be guessing now ;)

    wow I was only out by €2 or so [pats self on back] not bad for mental arithmatic


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