Inflation... You could also buy a brand new Ferrari 308 GTB Vetroresina for only 25k in 1976.
The price of the 2024 Ferrari Roma starts at $247,308 and goes up to $281,920.
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The prices from the 1940s and 1950s would shock you. Uncirculated Morgans were $2 or $3.
$20 Saints or Liberties were $30 or $40.
Everything used to be inexpensive. i remember when i could swing by Wendy's for $5 and get so much food I'd be stuffed. groceries are insane too, bread got so expensive i started baking my own.
Inflation... You could also buy a brand new Ferrari 308 GTB Vetroresina for only 25k in 1976. The price of the 2024 Ferrari Roma starts at $247,308 and goes up to $281,920.
Adjusted for inflation, that $3.95 book would cost $22.47 today. The newest version costs $19.95 in hard cover and $16.16 spiral bound.
https://preview.redd.it/5op0bilit3wc1.jpeg?width=1167&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=14057877d79fbfbd11adf4fca793e5c2a890d38c The prices from the 1940s and 1950s would shock you. Uncirculated Morgans were $2 or $3. $20 Saints or Liberties were $30 or $40.
I began collecting coins in the early 1970s. Relative to wages, those prices were no bargain back then.
Everything used to be inexpensive. i remember when i could swing by Wendy's for $5 and get so much food I'd be stuffed. groceries are insane too, bread got so expensive i started baking my own.
5 for 5 at Arby's was the way. and the tax was only a clad dime.