In the article, there is a copy of the advertisement Washington placed in a Philadelphia newspaper offering a $10.00 reward for Judge, then a runaway slave.  How much is the reward worth in 2018 dollars? If you had a $10.00 U.S. gold coin from 1796 or before, what would that coin be worth today?

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In the article, there is a copy of the advertisement Washington placed in a Philadelphia newspaper offering a $10.00 reward for Judge, then a runaway slave.  How much is the reward worth in 2018 dollars?

If you had a $10.00 U.S. gold coin from 1796 or before, what would that coin be worth today?

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