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Post coins that would have purchased a fine dinner the year they were minted.

MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
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No modern bullion dreck...please.

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    StuartStuart Posts: 9,831 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1890-CC $20 Liberty Gold Double Eagle
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    Stuart

    Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
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    MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
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    BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    CharlotteDudeCharlotteDude Posts: 3,289 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A fine dinner and a night's stay...

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    'dude
    Got Crust....y gold?
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    3keepSECRETif2rDEAD3keepSECRETif2rDEAD Posts: 4,285 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In the year 1873…In the Wild West…back when lead was the most precious of all metals…this baby would get you a fancy-fine dinner image

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    Erik

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    MGLICKERMGLICKER Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
    Nice coins!

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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,029 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    One dollar could buy a guy a Happy Meal at McDonald's in 1855. ( I know some of you are thinking there wasn't a McDonald's in 1855 and you're correct)




    And today, that same guy can't get a cup of coffee at Starbucks with five. ( Because he's already dead)


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    crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭


    << <i>A fine dinner and a night's stay...

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    And a bed warmer
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    MrHalfDimeMrHalfDime Posts: 3,440 ✭✭✭✭
    From what I am reading here, I suspect that some of you have a slightly distorted notion of what inflation has done to the American dollar. As an adjunct to my collection of half dimes I also collect ephemera related to the half dime, including several trade cards and menus from restaurants, lunch rooms, and cafes from the 1880's, all named "Half Dime Lunch Room", or some similar name. Although not apparently related, these all appear to have been in New England, in Meriden CT, Providence, RI, and Worcester, MA. Some of the offerings, taken directly from these menus, include:

    Clam Chowder with Crackers 5¢
    Soup of all kinds 5¢
    Fish, with Bread and Butter 5¢
    Roast Beef 5¢
    Roast Pork 5¢
    Fried Sausage 5¢
    Pork Chops 5¢
    Fried Tripe 5¢
    Fried Liver 5¢
    Fish Cakes 5¢
    Corned Beef Hash 5¢
    Broiled Steak, with Bread and Butter 5¢
    Beef Stew 5¢
    Lamb Stew 5¢
    Veal Pot Pie 5¢
    Baked Beans 5¢
    Cold meats 5¢
    Oatmeal and Milk 5¢
    Griddle Cakes 5¢
    Bread, or Crackers, and Milk 5¢
    Vegetables, all kinds, in their season 5¢
    Pies, Puddings, Doughnuts 5¢
    Coffee, Tea, Milk 5¢

    From these menu prices, it appears that either the broiled steak was a bargain, or the coffee, tea, and milk was extremely expensive.

    So let's see some half dimes!
    They that can give up essential Liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither Liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
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    OverdateOverdate Posts: 7,314 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    50c 200 years ago would have bought a fine meal and some company afterward.
    Lance.

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    AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 25,036 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1890cc, $20
    Heck that would have provided a dinner for two, a room and a lay!

    bobimage

    PS: this is Nevada and we are allowed to use such language!
    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
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    OnlyGoldIsMoneyOnlyGoldIsMoney Posts: 3,547 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    NO END IN SIGHT LIB $2.50'S CAC ONLY
    https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/gold/liberty-head-2-1-gold-major-sets/liberty-head-2-1-gold-basic-set-circulation-strikes-1840-1907-cac/alltimeset/268163

    March of Time - 27 Centuries in Gold
    https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/WCM/CoinCustomSetView.aspx?s=36590

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