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My wife got a dollar in the mail today from some donation solicitor. She and I reminisced back to our childhoods and thought what a treasure this would have been then.

The movie theater charged 15 cents for the main attraction. My mother would give me a quarter, and with it, I could pay for the movie, a bag of popcorn (5 cents) and a candy bar (5 cents). The dollar would have given me entrance to (6) movies+ a dime left over! Today, I don’t think one could get the bag of popcorn for a Buck, or a candy bar.

My wife gave me the dollar…

It's true. A dollar won't buy much these days. Pulled into a Sonic and asked for a cup of ice. It was .90 cents. Gave the girl $1.25.

My grandpa told me a story one time. When he was a little kid, his dad went away to log inn Upper Michigan and northern Wis. He left a dollar for his wife incase she needed it. When he came back in the spring time, she still had the dollar. This would have been between 1911 and 1915 or so.

When I got to be a teenager, my great grandmother pulled me aside and gave me an 1883 Morgan silver dollar.

She told me that as long as I have that, I'd never be broke.

I still have it. She was right.

Used to keep a silver dollar in my wallet. Like for the song, you know. Not gonna let them catch me.

Lost it a long time ago. No idea if I spent it or not.

Dollar wouldn't get one very far to avoid prosecution nowadays!

It may not be much but it’s still better than a sharp stick in the eye. 😊

I have a few $100's stored in my wallet for "emergencies". Sometimes I'm not sure that's enough to keep me from being broke, given the costs of today.

1911 dollar equals about $32 now.

My Dad, born in 1900, used to tell how excited he was as a young man to move up in wages and earn a dollar a day.

I remember sanding cars in a body & fender shop for $1. an hour when I was 13 years old, and that was a LOT of money for a kid back then. (1965)

Virgil B.

When my Father returned from Korea he brought back two $2 bills and two packs of Luck Strike smokes. I have carried one of those $2 bills in my wallet since I was 15 or so. I think my brother has the other one and the smokes.

As a kid, I noticed that whenever someone would ask Dad how he was doing, he'd reply, "Got a dollar in my pocket & a tailwind." For a pilot, I s'pose that's as good as it gets.

At his funeral, my siblings & I tucked a crisp $1 bill into his jacket pocket for his journey onward.

I sure miss that guy.

FC

When I was a kid, a dollar would have bought me three comic books. What are they now, $3-$5 apiece?

My Dad was a trucker and the Union rep for the company. He had a horrible boss. Dad told him that he he ever caught him away from the terminal, he would whip his ass. He kept a crisp 100 dollar bill in the toe of his boot for bond money. He was a man of his word. The guy soon transferred to another terminal in another state. We used to attend a Saturday matinee at the Paramount Theater in Greenville Mississippi. Entrance fee was 6 RC bottle caps. We didn’t have the money but would fill up the drink machines at the DX filling station down the street. We would empty the canister below the bottle opener and get our bottle caps. BTW, crimped bottle caps make a wicked arrowhead. I also carried around $2 bills for luck and give them to the grandkids. Hard to find nowadays. Great fun to pass one at Mickey D’s. Get the cashiers and managers all worked up. Think you passing counterfeit money.

When someone pays at my Son’s restaurant with one of those Susan B. Anthony or Sacajawea dollar coins, he gives them to me. I have near 2000 of the dang things saved from over the past 15 years.

$5 is the new $1
$100 is the new $20

$5 is the new $1
$100 is the new $20


Bidenomics right there!!!

When I first saw a 20$v gold coin, I thought it was small.

True but it started a long time ago

One of you entrepreneurs could do pretty good doing a hustle in Zimbabwe...362 ZD to 1 USD.