Are you this old?

[beowulf]

Canada phased out the penny in 2013.

I visited the US Mint in Denver a couple of years ago. They pointed out how it cost about two cents to make a penny and more than a nickel to make a nickel (in 2021: 2.06 cents to make a penny and 7.53 cents to make a nickel). I told the guide that I had an idea that would save them a lot of money, and help out with the 'change' shortages: Pay $1.25 or so for every 100 pennies turned in (at banks or elsewhere) then they would not have to make more pennies that would just disappear anyway and would not have to make any more at a loss. He agreed it was a good idea and would think about it. He also pointed out that they more than made up for the losses on pennies from the dimes and quarters - I think he said that dimes cost about 4 cents to make and quarters cost about 9 cents to make.

 

[Jstpssng]

I visited the US Mint in Denver a couple of years ago. They pointed out how it cost about two cents to make a penny and more than a nickel to make a nickel (in 2021: 2.06 cents to make a penny and 7.53 cents to make a nickel). I told the guide that I had an idea that would save them a lot of money, and help out with the 'change' shortages: Pay $1.25 or so for every 100 pennies turned in (at banks or elsewhere) then they would not have to make more pennies that would just disappear anyway and would not have to make any more at a loss. He agreed it was a good idea and would think about it. He also pointed out that they more than made up for the losses on pennies from the dimes and quarters - I think he said that dimes cost about 4 cents to make and quarters cost about 9 cents to make.

I recall that they did that once many years ago... banks were paying 10% extra for pennies. Perhaps around 1982, when they stopped using copper? A lot of people don't even want their change, even leaving quarters in the "take a penny, leave a penny" tray.
I'm too cheap; I have $100 in rolled coins waiting to go to the bank. I do that about 4 times per year.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

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As I recall, minimum wage at that time was 85 cents per hour; I paid 75 cents for a hair cut...that is when My Dad didn't cut my hair. I preferred my Dad's haircuts because he could cut my curly hair and it didn't look like it had been cut with Pinking shears.

 

[Pixguy]

As I recall, minimum wage at that time was 85 cents per hour; I paid 75 cents for a hair cut...that is when My Dad didn't cut my hair. I preferred my Dad's haircuts because he could cut my curly hair and it didn't look like it had been cut with Pinking shears.

What happened to all those curls 2Lane?

 

[Molalla1]

What happened to all those curls 2Lane?

I believe he still has them . . . 2Lane I also liked my dad's haircuts better (we couldn't afford a store bought one anyway).

 

[Jstpssng]

I stopped letting my mother cut my hair the day she caught me with the scissors just millimeters from the corner of my eye.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

A few more pictures to bring back memories

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1972. What a year!

 

[Oaktree]

Heck it was that way in PA up until the 90’s. We had a thing called the “Blue Laws”. Everything but bare essentials was closed on Sundays. Malls, stores, etc. closed.
Thankfully that is gone. I understood where the heart was-take a day off for religious and family time.

That began to change here in N.H. in the 70s, at first on a town-by-town basis (ie-it was up to the city/town as to whether to allow Sunday openings). When I was a kid grocery stores could be open, but they could only sell food. If you needed soap, a mop, etc. you had to wait. The aisles with that stuff were roped off.
I do remember one store called Rockdale that was open Sundays (may have been in Vt.). Apparently there was a loophole in the law that required businesses to be closed one day a week, didn't have to be Sunday. They closed Mondays instead. The place was usually mobbed Sundays.

We had an odd law here in N.H. that chain stores could not sell beer or wine in more than 2 (later updated to 5) stores. This continued into the early 90s. The theory was that it gave an advantage to mom & pop stores.

 

[Oaktree]

1972. What a year!
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My brother had one of those, they were tiny. He was not. Don't know how he drove it. Michelle, Tammy & Allison could not have all fit in it.
As I recall, the track on those was so narrow they didn't fit very well on garage lifts. Gas mileage was about the only good thing about it, couldn't get out of its own way going downhill with a tailwind.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^
75 mph according to the ad. That would get run over like a bug on the interstate today.