# Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 2)

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> [@Purchasing power of a penny in 1870?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purchasing-power-of-a-penny-in-1870/284114/31):
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> Ok, in 1870 how did the British penny compare with the American cent?

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