How much 1 million dollars in the 20's is worth today?

View historical and today's current inflation rates, using the CPI provided by the United States government. Inflation data is updated regularly, so results may differ from other websites. How much has the cost of living increased? What was inflation for a specific period? read more

A million dollars in the 1920’s has the same purchasing power as between $12 million and $14 million today, depending upon which year in the 20’s you use. This is based upon the US Inflation Calculator, which in turn uses consumer price index tables from the US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. read more

When people say, “A million dollars isn’t what it once was,” they have a point. To get what $1 million would have bought you in 1986, you would now need nearly $2.2 million, when accounting for inflation. read more

It depends very much on the condition of the coin, but the value is somewhere between a couple of hundred dollars to a few thousand. Now one dollar in 1776 would have had the value of 26 dollars today, so you definitely would get more for that coin today then you would have back then. read more