From the Federal Reserve CPI numbers
http://minneapolisfed.org/Research/data/us/calc/hist1800.cfm
1870 : 38
1967 : 100
1980 : 246.8
2005 : 584.9
Going by this 3.3 million is equal to 214,215 dollars in cash or about 400 500 dolalr bills.
NO ONE back then would have said : Oh that's too much money for you to own.