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Here’s What $100 Was Worth the Year You Were Born

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1974

What you would have bought with $100: Four electric slicing knives

Back in 1974, an electric slicing knife was pretty inexpensive. A one-hundred-dollar bill would have bought you four electric slicing knives since the regular price for one was only $22.99.

1975

What you would have bought with $100: One air conditioner

You and your family could keep cool back in 1975 without spending a fortune. How so? Well, a Whirlpool 5000 BTU Room Air Conditioner was priced at $94.88, according to the Courier Post.

1976

What you would have bought with $100: One eight-track player

One eight-track player (a Modulaire Realistic AM-FM Stereo 8-Track music system) was priced at $99.95 back in 1976.

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