This type of posting comes up often. Before anyone gets too teary-eyed, just remember that people earned a whole lot less back in 1963.

Using an online inflation calculator, the price listed for the M29 translates into 2007 dollars as follows:
"What cost $140 in 1963 would cost $938.73 in 2007."

The figure for 2009 would probably be well over a thousand. Just trying to put things into perspective.

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