A Veritable Bargain!

Found this gem at work today and had to share it with you.  To give some perspective I checked on Google and typed in average cost of a funeral in 2015.  For a coffin in 2015 you could pay on average $2,300. The wood grain coffin with a velvet liner in 1859 cost a whopping $7.00.  The name plate then cost $1.25 and a headstone now would run you $1,500.  Another expense in 1859 was the cost of the burial which I would suspect would be to pay the grave digger which ran $3.00.  If you needed a grave dug now it is going to run you $600.00.  So if you died in 1859 you would need to pay $13.25 for the basic service to be laid to rest. If you die now you will need an average of about $8,500.  That is certainly a reason to take care of yourself and live for a long long time!

This is a receipt from an undertaker in Manchester, New Hampshire