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2001 by Jon Richards. Peter Minuit is said to have purchased the island of Manhattan in the year 1626 for about $24 worth of beads. If instead of buying Manhattan he had put the $24 into a bank account paying 6% compound interest per year and left the money there continuously, today he would have a bank account of approximately $65 billion, ignoring income taxes.
Did the Dutch Really Buy Manhattan for $24? Well, sort of. Legend tells us that on May 4, 1626 Peter Minuit, Director General of the Dutch West India Companyâs colony of New Netherlands, brought trunks full of trinkets with which to buy the island of Manhattan from the local Indian tribe. The value of the trinkets was 60 Dutch guilders or about $24.