I was thinking of converting today s pounds sterling to today s Canadian dollars You didn t have Canadian dollars before 1858 from 1841 however there were Canadian pounds But Nova Scotia didn t use Canadian currency until Confederation The idea of converting the pounds sterling from the 19th century to today gives a sense of the purchasing power so the conversion of today s pounds to today s dollars would give a better idea of purchasing power for Canada To sum up I m thinking of 19th century present day present day CAD Maxim talk