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Why is the value of the rose denominated in dollars? Surely the Vatican didn't actually pay for the gold and the workmanship in dollars. Presumably it's a dollar equivalent, used for the benefit of North American readers, but then which dollar is it using? Certainly not present-day dollars, since an 8-pound rose would be worth far more than a thousand or two dollars. Can anyone make sense of what is really meant? Keno (talk) 00:55, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. And giving the 19th century amount isn't very beneficial. Could someone convert these to modern dollars? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.74.231.239 (talk) 18:42, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Rock in the CE wrote "dollars" for scudi d'oro. This should have been verified before converting based on the value of a US dollar in 1909 (which makes no sense as Baldassari wrote in 1709, when the US dollar didn't even exist). Rock also bungled a few numbers from his source (including *"Innocent IX" for Innocent XI).
He appears to add on his own authority that some 19th-century roses cost "2000 dollars". Right after a paragraph using "dollars" for écus, I suppose we are to assume these are also écus(?)
Since Rock clearly isn't a reliable source we might want to verify this. --dab (𒁳) 19:37, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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