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Essentially:50¢$0.50One half dollarTwo quartersFive dimesTen nicklesFifty penniesFifty cents in 1950 is the same as fifty cents today. It's comparable worth then to now is another matter. The buying power of 1950 50¢ is about $4.78 today, calculating for inflation.
The price of gasoline in the 1950s remained very steady. The low was 27 cents per gallon (1950-1953) to a high of 31 cents per gallon in 1958. Today (2014), 31 cents per gallon would be equal to about $2.52 per gallon.
The average price of a gallon of regular leaded gasoline in 1950 was 27 cents (about $1.70 in today's dollars).
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You could buy something worth 8.91 cents in 2009
The price of bread in the 1950's was probably around 10 cents a loaf.
$100 in 1950 would be worth $1000 today
I paid 50 cents a piece for them today.
In 1950 the US mint at Philadelphia struck 272,686,386 cents for circulation and 51,386 proof cents for proof sets. In 1950 the US mint at Denver struck 334,950,000 cents for circulation. In 1950 the US mint at San Francisco struck 118,505,000 cents for circulation. In 1950 the total number of cents struck was 726,192,772
The amount of money paid for a cup of coffee in 1950 depended on where it was purchased. At a small shop it might be 5 cents while at a luxurious hotel it would be 50 cents.
First class US stamps in the US were 3 cents each.
0.25 cents in 1950