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Let us define an object as something you could pick up, perhaps with a forklift and put in the van and bring somewhere. So, say, the Taj Mahal will not be an "object" our criteria.

Today's quiz:

1) What was the most valuable object in the world in the early 1700s?

2) What is the most valuable object in the world today?

By the way, I know the (likely) answer to number one, but not to number two.


Comments

  1. Andy12:16 PM

    Does an F-22 fighter jet count as an object? Apparently $137 million to $350+ million each, depending on if/how you roll development costs into the per-unit cost.

    As for 1700s, my wild guess would be a relic of some sort.

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    1. gcallah5:44 PM

      Could thought Andy, but I'm thinking of something that you could, say, put in your house. In fact, the object from the 1700s was in someone's house.

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    2. gcallah7:43 PM

      Whoops, Siri again. "Good thought."

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  2. Wabulon5:27 PM

    1) The king of England (assuming the forklift criterion passes).

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    1. Gabe Ruth12:56 PM

      I was thinking some Tsar's consort. Grabbing a king, he might get replaced by a rival and the amount you could get to return him would be limited to what the loyalists could get together.

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  3. Samson Corwell7:27 PM

    The Bahia Emerald?

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    1. gcallah7:42 PM

      Oddly, Sampson, The Wikipedia page is quiet about when it was mined. Are you putting it forward as the most valuable object now, or in the early 1700s?

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    2. Samson Corwell11:31 AM

      Most valuable object now.

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  4. Wabulon8:47 PM

    Just when I am getting interested in the discussion, it peters out as the blog rolls inexorably on. Than is my main objection to this whole blog idea. Same with my stuff. I think I'll take a vacation, but I'll be back...

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    1. John Goes1:40 PM

      That's what follow-up posts are for.

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    2. gcallah3:13 PM

      The Peacock Throne.

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