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This is based on a rather-more-useful Joycean-prices page.
My best estimate is that a franc c1850 would equal about $4.00 US today, although for many items below $1 or $2 seems likelier.
2.5 centimes (half a sou)
Homais gives beggar [MB3.7]
five centimes (one sou)
ten centimes (two sous)
cry of Calvados dealers in religious objects [B&P9]
given to V&V for alms [B&P10]
fifteen centimes (3 sous)
cost of pear [B&P2]
given to V&V for alms [B&P10]
twenty centimes (four sous)
Rosanette's quibble over Delphine's shopping accounts [SE2.2]
Galeron's 1816 meal at Mesnil inn [B&P4]
thirtyfive centimes (seven sous)
yard of dress cloth [MB3.6]
fortyfive centimes
revolutionary tax [SE3.1] [B&P6]
fifty centimes
cheap jaconet lining recommended by CB's mother [MB3.5]
tip to attendant at Paris baths [SE2.2]
sixty centimes
cry of Calvados dealers in religious objects [B&P9]
one franc (100 centimes)
Melie's monthly wage [B&P3]
1.5 franc (150 centimes, 30 sous)
Felicite suspected of stealing as a girl [SS2]
2 francs
silk lining bought by Emma [MB3.5]
CD's poor meal [SE2.2]
2.15 francs (43 sous)
FM's meal [SE1.3]
2.5 francs (50 sous)
cheap piano lesson [MB3.4]
three francs
Rodolphe's payment for bloodletting [MB2.7]
fine for eating in shop [SE2.3]
imagined bribe to porter to get him to sell France [SE3.3]
cry of Calvados dealers in religious objects [B&P9]
3.6 francs
suede gloves [SE2.2]
four francs
bribe solicited from Rosanette by bill-sticker [SE3.4]
five francs (100 sous)
Supposed price of one piano lesson (65 for 12-plus) [MB3.5]
Emma tosses to beggar [MB3.7] Charles tosses to cantor [MB3.10]
CD asks FM for price of dinner [SE1.2]
FM's bribe to Rosanette's maid [SE2.2]
selling price of pear in Paris?? [B&P2]
given by Mme Bordin to Natl Guard [B&P6?]
given to Gorju by Mme Castillon [B&P7]
cry of Calvados dealers in religious objects [B&P9]
B&P's actual fine for insulting Sorel [B&P10]
6.75 francs
court costs for B&P in Sorel case [B&P10]
ten francs
FM gives CD twice what he asks [SE1.2]
fine for insubordination in shop [SE2.3]
monthly rental for anatomical model [B&P3]
monthly fee to Petit for boarding pupils [B&P6]
B&P's damages to Sorel [B&P10]
12.75 francs
CB's estate [MB3.11]
fourteen francs
Emma's monthly outlay for lemons [MB2.7]
fifteen francs
2ndhand St Peter statue? [B&P4]
twenty francs (one napoleon? SE2.2)
expensive piano lesson [MB3.4]
FM leaves as tip for dinner after race [SE2.4]
apparently stolen by Victor [B&P10]
twentyfour francs (one louis: cite)
FM's gift to harpist [SE1.1]
twentyfive francs
prize to Catherine Leroux at agricultural fair [MB2.8]
first expenses paid to Foureau by de Faverges for V&V [B&P9]
thirtyfive francs
B's payment to Gorju for Melie and chest [B&P3]
fifty francs
Hussonet extracts from Mlle Vatnaz [SE1.4]
sixty francs
prize at agricultural fair [MB2.8]
reduced value of govt stock [SE3.1]
reluctant coach from Corbeil to Paris [SE3.1]
B&P's debt to cobbler [B&P8]
65 francs
Emma's forged receipt for 3 months' piano lessons [MB3.5]
70 francs
prize at agricultural fair [MB2.8]
yearly damages to Gouy [B&P8]
75 francs
Emma's father's fee to Charles for broken leg [MB1.3]
80 francs
raised by FM by selling new coats [SE1.5]
100 francs
grant to the Church [MB3.11]
CD's bet with FM about making 1st woman [SE1.5]
individual share in Hussonet's magazine, Art [SE2.1]
Felicite's yearly wage [SS1]
B&P's debt to Goutman for religious objects [B&P9]
B&P's potential fine for insulting Sorel the gamekeeper [B&P10]
120 francs
B&P's debt to tailor [B&P8]
125 francs
supplied by Cisy to finance party [SE1.5]
130 francs
Lheureux's profit from Bovary weakness [MB2.14]
175 francs
borrowed by FM from CD to buy parasol for Mme Arnoux [SE1.5]
180 francs
Emma's debt to Lheureux for trunks, cloak, etc [MB2.14]
gathered by FM to take Arnoux to dinner [SE1.5]
185 francs
Rosanette owes Mlle Vatnaz [SE2.2] (why does V take the change?)
200 francs
yearly rental of the farm where Charles Bovary grew up [MB1.1]
250 francs
Arnoux's offer to Pellerin for each of two panels [SE1.4]
FM asks from mother for 'coaching' (clothes) [SE1.5]
270 francs
Emma's gift to Rodolphe (riding crop) [MB2.12] (plus earlier purchases?)
300 francs (15 napoleons)
Charles buys horse for Emma [MB2.9] wooden leg for Hippolyte [MB2.12] Derozerays's payment to Charles (appropriated by Emma) [MB2.12]
FM borrows twice from CD after overspending at Arnoux's shop [SE1.5]
FM instantly loses, gambling at Dambreuse's [SE2.2]
Rosanette says FM gave to republicans [SE3.1]
380 francs
income left to Felicite by Mme Aubain [SS4]
500 francs
requested of FM by Rosanette [SE2.5]
FM pays off Pellerin for portrait [SE2.6]
FM buys burial plot for Dambreuse [SE3.4]
600 francs
yearly income from CB's inheritance [MB3.6]
700 francs
Emma's last debt to Lheureux [MB3.6]
auction price for Mme Arxoux's piano [SE3.5]
900 francs
faience plates FM chooses to give Mme Arnoux [SE2.1]
1000 francs
Charles borrows from Lheureux [MB2.14]
Arnoux's four bills [SE2.3]
Rosanette owes Mlle Vatnaz (paid by FM w/interest) [SE3.3]
Mme Dambreuse pays for Mme Arnoux's silver box [SE3.5]
Mme Bordin's first offer for Les Ecalles (per acre?) [B&P5]
mortgage offered to B&P by Mme Bordin [B&P8]
1200 francs
yearly income of Charles Bovary's first wife [MB1.1]
1500 francs
Martinon's yearly income [SE1.3]
Arnoux pays for art in Paris scam [SE1.4]
B's income yearly [B&P1]
purchase price offered for Les Ecalles by Mme Bordin [B&P8]
1682 francs
Mlle Vatnaz's inflated claim, when bookkeeper, for salary of 1082 [SE3.4]
1800 francs
B's inheritance (yearly?) at 21 [B&P1]
repairs for farm [B&P8]
2000 francs
Emma's growing debt to Lheureux [MB3.5]
FM's yearly allowance [SE1.3]
Arnoux's selling price for Pellerin's panels [SE1.4]
FM repays CD [SE2.2]
deed of farm? [B&P8]
2300 francs
FM's diminished yearly income [SE1.5]
2500 francs
Arnoux sells off his silver (2.5-3k) [SE2.3]
3000 francs
actual value of Charles Bovary's 1st wife's shares in ship, claimed as 6000 [MB1.2]
FM's diminished yearly income? [SE1.6]
Pellerin asks Rosanette for portrait [SE2.4]
Rosanette's debt to Mlle Vatnaz [SE3.1]
Gouy's reduced yearly rent [B&P2]
B says can't be made from rabbits [B&P6]
potential yearly expenses of V&V [B&P9]
3500 francs
Arnoux sells art in Paris scam [SE1.4]
3800 francs
Lheureux's advance to Emma on house sale [MB3.5]
4000 francs
selling price of dilapidated little house at Barneville [MB3.5]
CD's savings-goal [SE1.2]
Arnoux invoices art in Paris scam [SE1.4]
FM's decrease of income [SE2.2]
Rosanette owes Mlle Vatnaz [SE3.4] (Vatnaz starts dress shop)
Dussardier repays FM [SE3.4]
Goutman cheats Barberou [B&P9]
5000 francs
carriage for a year [SE2.3]
Hussonet asks FM to start newspaper (refused) [SE2.4]
yearly income from Mme Aubain's farms [SS1]
6000 francs
salary promised Mignot by Arnoux [SE3.5]
supposed monthly bribe demanded by Vergniaud [B&P4]
yearly income Mme Bordin agrees to pay for farm [B&P9]
7000 francs
CD's legacy from mother [SE1.4]
waiter's income (6-8k) [SE2.1]
7500 francs
inlaid armor [SE2.3]
yearly income offered to B&P by Mme Bordin for their farm [B&P9]
8000 francs
final total debt to Lheureux [MB3.6]
9000 francs
Emma's dowry (used up wihin 2 yrs) [MB2.3]
FM's remining income? (2/3 27k) [SE3.7]
10,000 francs
Mme Moreau's diminished yearly income [SE1.5]
12,000 francs
Arnoux's debt (flees) [SE3.4] FM borrows from Mme Dambreuse [SE3.5]
15,000 francs
Rodolphe's rumored income [MB2.7]
FM's expected yearly income [SE1.6]
CD asks FM for 'Art' paper [SE2.2] redirected [SE2.3]
Fumichon claims began with [SE3.2]
Martinon's yearly income [SE3.3]
Mme Dambreuse's yearly income [SE3.4]
Bouvard's inherited yearly income [B&P1]
18,000 francs
Arnoux's immediate debt [SE2.3]
20,000 francs
price for Bassolier's pictures [SE1.4]
owed to jeweler by Louis Blanc? [SE3.2]
B's initial investment in farming [B&P2]
23,000 francs
Pecuchet's contribution to purchase of farm [B&P1]
25,000 francs
offered by Matthias to Arnoux for Ruysdael [SE1.5]
potential yield of apricot orchard [B&P2]
27,000 francs
FM's uncle's income, inherited by FM [SE1.6]
30,000 francs
damages owed by Arnoux's china company [SE2.3]
initial gain by FM from stock [SE2.4]
last of B's available capital for farming [B&P2]
33,000 francs
deficit after fire [B&P2]
37,000 francs
FM's legacy duties [SE2.2]
40,000 francs
registered capital of Hussonet's magazine, Art [SE2.1]
FM's debts to tradesmen [SE2.2]
50,000 francs
Arnoux claims due in month [SE2.3]
Dambreuse suggests FM invests in coal company (40-60k) [SE2.3]
Mme Dambreuse's maximum income [SE3.4]
value of Mignot's shares in 'Siecle' [SE3.5]
60,000 francs
Charles Bovary's mother's dowry [MB1.1]
FM's subsequent loss on stocks [SE2.4]
80,000 francs
cost of royal coach [SE2.6]
87,000 francs
FM gambles on stocks? [SE2.4]
100,000 francs
required 'caution money' for 'Art' paper [SE2.2]
FM's imagined gains from 15k stocks [SE2.3]
FM's proposed govt support for Hugo and Delcroix [SE3.1]
supposed bribe accepted by Danton [B&P4]
143,000 francs
Chavignolles farm and house [B&P1]
174,000 francs
FM sells farm [SE2.4]
223,000 francs
sale price of Arnoux's Belleville property [SE2.4]
250,000 francs
Bouvard's inheritance [B&P1]
300,000 francs
Mme Dambreuse's fortune [SE3.4]
500,000 francs
Bouvard pere's fortune [B&P1]
800,000 francs
missing from St-Roch stores [SE3.1]
3,000,000 francs
Oudry's supposed fortune [SE2.2]
Dambreuse's supposed fortune [SE3.4]
5,000,000 francs
budget for workmen [SE3.1]
7,110,500 francs
fines to journalists under French republic [SE2.6]
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