Below is the complete working **`index.html`** with: * embedded CPI data; * automatic Anchlar calculations; * unlimited rows; * drag-and-drop row rearranging; * ▲ and ▼ row controls; * copy results; * CSV export; * default examples; * front and back images at the paths you specified. ```html The Anchlar — A Fixed Measuring Stick for Money

Meet the Anchlar

The dollar moves. The anchor holds.

Dollars are useful for buying things, but surprisingly bad at comparing things across time. The Anchlar gives prices, wages, and expenses one permanent measuring stick.

⚓1 equals the purchasing power of $1 in January 2000
Try the calculator How it works
Front of the fictional Anchlar note
The Anchlar One fixed unit of purchasing power
Back of the fictional Anchlar note
The Anchor Dollar Rooted in the past. Useful in every era.
Why use Anchlars?

A ruler that stays the same length

“Today’s dollars” change every year. The Anchlar does not. It is permanently anchored to January 2000 purchasing power.

01

Pick a permanent anchor

January 2000 is the fixed baseline. One dollar in that month equals exactly one Anchlar.

02

Convert every other date

A wage from 1985, rent from 2011, and a price from today can all be expressed using the same unit.

03

Compare real value

Once everything is in Anchlars, you can see whether wages, prices, investments, and living costs truly rose or fell.

A twelve-inch ruler does not shrink every year and then ask you to call its new length twelve inches. Money comparisons deserve a ruler that stays put.
Anchlar calculator

Compare almost anything across time

Enter a label, a year or date, and a dollar amount. Every row is converted into January 2000 purchasing power.

Your comparisons

Enter dates as 2017, 4/2011, or 04/15/2011. Drag rows or use ▲ and ▼ to rearrange them.

# Thing Date Dollar value CPI used Anchlar value
Enter some values, then calculate.
The fixed baseline is January 2000 CPI-U = 168.8. Anchlars = dollar amount × 168.8 ÷ CPI
This self-contained version uses annual-average CPI-U data. Dates containing a month are assigned the annual average for that year, except January 2000, which uses the exact fixed baseline of 168.8. The 2026 value uses the latest available CPI-U reading stored in this page.

Dollars spend. Anchlars explain.

The Anchlar is not currency or legal tender. It is a fixed, index-based unit for understanding what money was actually worth.

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