What Could You Buy With A Dime In 1958 ?

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Dar Pillar of the Community United States 1476 Posts	Posted 05/22/2014 6:29 pm I was going through some LWC's I have and found one that was cut/filled down to the size of a Dime. I was wondering why and the wife said, " maybe to make a long distance phone call in a phone booth ". We didn't come along till about 10 years after the 1958 D I found was minted. What could you do with a Cent filled down to a Dime back then? Anyone remember? Report this Post to the Staff

Matteproof Pillar of the Community Korea, Republic Of 1881 Posts	Posted 05/22/2014 6:43 pm Hmmm, I wasn't there in the 50s in America, so let me take a guess: Since a gallon of gasoline cost something like 25 cents in the 60s~70s (heard that from somewhere), maybe a dime could have bought a gallon in 1958.....? Report this Post to the Staff
Dasaki Pillar of the Community United States 500 Posts	Posted 05/22/2014 7:03 pm I've heard that even modern-day vending machines can be fooled into taking a shaved copper cent as a dime, because it tricks the electromagnetic detector into thinking the solid copper cent is the copper core of a dime. Report this Post to the Staff
BigAppleBucky Valued Member United States 396 Posts	Posted 05/22/2014 7:43 pm Two packs of bubble gum baseball cards. If they were the right packs, they'd certainly be worth more than $3.00 today. Of course I ditched my baseball card collection when I outgrew it at about age 15. Sold it for a song. regrets Report this Post to the Staff
Buddy Rest in Peace United States 7075 Posts	Posted 05/22/2014 7:46 pm A long-distance phone call was rather expensive in 1958. However, a phone call within your same area code but with a different prefix would have cost more than a local call so a dime might have worked for that. Candy bars were a nickel. Maybe it was for a jukebox. Or maybe it was used to get a real nickel in change -- but it seems like a lot of work for that. It was probably cut down to fit into a key-chain good luck piece. People do weird stuff to coins. Report this Post to the Staff
scotty11 Pillar of the Community United States 1042 Posts	Posted 05/22/2014 8:17 pm Quote: What could you do with a Cent filled down to a Dime back then? Report this Post to the Staff
Buddy Rest in Peace United States 7075 Posts	Posted 05/22/2014 9:17 pm scotty11 Wow! That brings back memories. Report this Post to the Staff
keepcalmandcoinon Pillar of the Community United States 865 Posts	Posted 05/22/2014 11:56 pm This! Report this Post to the Staff
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