[itsahoot]

Cigarettes were twenty-two or twenty-three cents each and the pennies were your change for a quarter. I also recall when you picked up the phone and waited for an operator to say "Number please" and you had to listen for your specific ring signal on the party line.

I had forgotten about the pennies. Do you remember when they added a penny coin box to coke machines, when they raised the price from a nickel to 6 cents? They spent a lot of money changing those machines, then very shortly raised soda to 10 cents.

[jwpjr]

re: added a penny coin box to coke

Wow, you're right. I had forgotten that little piece of history. How about that little box on the front porch where the milkman put the milk every morning?