@aussteve posted:I used to buy gasoline in 1964 for 20 cents a gallon using 2 1964 dimes.
Today, I can still buy a gallon of gas with any two dimes made before 1965.
It may have something to do with the value of your present day money.
No, it has to do with the collectible value of those dimes. Part of it is pre 1964 dimes have large silver content, part of it is collectability because people think the silver in them is going to get them rich. I looked up it, 1964 and earlier dimes go for 1.25 to 2.00 as collectibles. You cannot use collector value as a means of determining the value of currency.
Obviously there has been significant inflation since 1964, but trying to use the value of a collectible to show it is basically false. Like saying because a super mario cartridge from a nintendo player in 1984 that was never opened went for 1.5 million that it proves there was such huge inflation.
