At the time when Beaver coins (Oregon currency)
were in circulation, the cost of goods was high as illustrated in a price list that appeared in a September 12, 1850 edition of the Oregon Spectator:
Dried Apples
Dried Peaches
Flour
Wheat
Brown Sugar
Loaf Sugar
Eggs
Salt
75 cents per pound
$1.00 per pound
$7.50 per hundred
or $15.00 per barrel
$1.50 per bushel
30 cents per pound
75 cents per pound
50 cents per dozen
$6.00 per hundred