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Assuming this was around 1994, and adjusting for inflation, it should still be under $2.
That's only taking into account monetary devaluation, not inflation of goods and services (or vice versa)
What?
Monetary devaluation is an economic policy Inflation is literally the "general increase in the prices of goods and services"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devaluation