Which would you choose? 70k today or in 1900?

No. Mind is erased and starting anew.

In that case, 1900. You would be rich and be able to do whatever you wanted. Probably die of Dysentery, Polio, or some other disease that's obscure today, but you wouldn't know any different. And you would have money to leave to your kids, and their kids. Thus starting a family empire that would be squandered by your great-grandchildren who would be alive today and spend it all on hookers and blow.