Wow, What The Dollar Was Worth When We Were Kids!
Why doesn’t our mint produce pennies anymore? Because, it doesn’t make ‘cents’. For seniors, you just can’t ‘buck’ the value the dollar used to buy. It reminds me of the cartoons we used to enjoy at our local movie theatre, called Looney Tunes. Do you remember “I’ve Got A Little List” (from the Mikado) a bouncy ditty by Gilbert and Sullivan? In the 1950s a penny candy used to actually cost three for a penny. The five-and-dime store actually used to sell items that cost 5 and 10 cents. You could pick items on your grocery list for less than $1.00.
Grapes were about 12 cents a pound, so you could get an 8 pounds of grapes for a dollar. You could buy a cup of coffee for 10 cents. You could purchase popular new books for a quarter each. Today paperback books cost over $15. Wow!Comparing what a dollar would be worth today for purchasing a house, food, fuel, food, and jawbreakers, it’s just a few pennies!