Independent · sourced · since 1913

A 1913 dollar is worth about two cents today.

The Federal Reserve was founded in 1913. Since then, prices have risen 52× — not 34× as the government admits. Play one round to feel it.

Official CPI says prices rose
34×
since 1913
The 1913 Index says
52×
real prices, real goods
Your 1913 dollar is worth
~2¢
and still falling

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Built on real transaction prices — not surveys of imagined rents. Sources: BLS, FRED, Census, EIA, Watson/Brown Costs of War. Not investment advice.