How much did paper originally cost?
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cj,\n\nWhen paper was first used by one of the ancient civilizations, (think papyrus) it was very, very rare...very expensive.  The only folks that really used it was for government uses, as in recording laws and important uses like that.\n\nAs folks made strides in making paper more efficiently, the prices dropped to the point where common colk can afford them, so that's when books were made available to everyone...not just the rich folk.\n\nI can't answer your question, cj...waay back when, the time when people were writing on papyrus, bartering and trading was how folks paid for things...they may have had silver and gold pieces too, but the common man didn't carry those.
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buyerslab.com will have that info, but you need a subscription to use it and you'd have to do the math yourself.  If they're both lasers the copier will be between .005 to .015 per copy, the printer will usually be between .019 and .05 per print.  \n\nQuite often it will cost you $20 more per ream of paper to use a printer.  If it is an inkjet the costs are a lot higher
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150 years ago, $10,000 was a considerable amount of money. For example the government was selling land for 50 cents an acre then. There was one catch. They would sell it only for gold. So unless your $10,000 was in gold coin, you would have to convert your money to gold. There were money changers that provided that service for a substantial fee. Paper money back then was not worth a great deal even though the bill might say $1000.  That is probably why the government would not accept it.
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You could possibly find what you need at a local book store. They now have hand held computers for about $100.00 that have up to 10,000 words.
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It will cost twice as much as the printer is worth!
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7 bucks... check out the link.\n\nMatt
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I can talk with you on the phone and write the thing for you, my price being $50/page, and you are probably looking around 15-20 pages. Turn around time is about 3 weeks.\n\nLet me know, jcattin@comcast.net
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The Bureau of Engraving and Printing produces 38 million notes a day with a face value of approximately $541 million. That doesn't mean there is $541 million more money circulating today than there was yesterday, though, because 95% of the notes printed each year are used to replace notes already in circulation.\nThats only in the US.
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Like it was 10-15 years ago. Most people did not have it then, even if they had computers. All that was different was that mail was slow, you had to go out and  buy stamps and you had to shop in shops or on TV, no ebay etc.\nAnd encyclopedia Brittanica cost over $2000 back then. \nYou had to go out to buy groceries but then, most people still do. It is better with the internet but it has changed how we do things, rather than just the things we do.
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London, 6 May 1840\n\nLong enough to buy a sheet or two of penny blacks\n\nYes (with the stamps)
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around 15 cents a gallon (memory). That was back when a dollar would go a long ways. Now  it is $3.00, so I guss the average would be about a dollar forty five.
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An estimate of what what cost?
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About $50.  Check out what its going for on eBay.com ;)  It's not going for 250 on eBay right now.  Its valued at about 50 for a decent copy.
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You cant, that’s why paper is cheap. You can’t wash it and reuse it all the time.
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if you are looking for a cost basis on a particular date, go to the library and check out an old paper on microfiche. Or email investor relations at Sears and ask the ???
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Yeah, paper is paper.
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Don't hold your breath on getting this for free.  My M&B O-Chem text (second edition, purchased when I was in college in 1972) cost more than $100.\n\nThere's a 6th Edition (1992, softcover) on e-Bay for $20.  The hardcover version is available on Amazon for $170.