1960 Coin Prices From Charlton. What Do You Want To Know?

That is interesting a 1891 SDSL AU50 would have been around $90, I wonder if that is obv 2 or 3? That is not too far off what I just paid for an obv 2.

I would like to know what a 1914 $5 gold was worth,thank you for bringing this up.

Sure - curious about the 1948 fifty cent piece in various conditions.

Interesting but those prices were certainly not cheap in 1960 dollars. It's like comparing apples with oranges. What was the average wage.......and also consider that most households were supported by one wage earner, with more children than is typical in today's families.

Consider this as far as prices , In 1966 our family lived on Vancouver Island and lived in a three bedroom house in a decent part of the city for 90 dollars a month electricity included. A new car was three thousand or so . My father worked in construction and made just over four dollars an hour which was a good wage at the time . Gas was 40 cents a gallon imperial.Also minimum wage was less than a dollar an hour.
I would say it is probably cheaper to collect today.
Another thing grading standards were way different back in the day. What would go for uncirculated back then was all over the map and today would be AU at best. There were no grading companies and standards were quite liberal in their interpretation. Whizzing and polishing were very prevalent.
Gold coins were mentioned above . In the sixties you could acquire numerous sovereigns and world gold coins for bullion prices including US 20 dollar Saints at 42 dollars each delivered to your local branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia, which had a huge gold depository in Toronto.

In 1955 my parents bought a large lot in West Vancouver for $2,000 and paid $10,000 to build a new house on the property. They could only afford it with a veteran's loan.

Remember that gold was held to a standard price of $32 per ounce at that time, when government currency was linked to gold reserves.

I also agree it is likely more affordable now than it was then to collect coins.

Yeah, no kidding. Barefoot, plus that was in the snow too!

In fact if I recall correctly sometimes instead of walking we slid uphill on a toboggan, both ways.

Osiris you might not have noticed it mentioned on this forum although it is from time to time, but it's otherwise a fairly common saying meant to take joking that others make toward those of us who are older, when we talk about past times.

No old boys club, in fact I'm a female:-)

I don't recall many $1 or 50c pieces in general circulation in the 60s, but maybe that was because getting a dime or quarter to spend was a lot of money for a kid. In the 70s my first job was a bank teller, where I worked banks were supplied with them but were given in change only if customers asked. The $1 note was probably preferred because it was less bulky. Interesting the $2 note though, to some that was bad luck. I don't think I ever heard why.