For those who remember when a Coke cost a nickel

[NutmegCT]

100% corny - but quite a cast.

 

[Mickey Richaud]

I do! And coke in some vending machines cost 6 cents!

 

[Basil]

I do! And coke in some vending machines cost 6 cents!

I don't remember it that low, but I do remember coke (in bottles) for 10 cents.

 

[DrEntropy]

We used to go along the beach on Sunday mornings and look for "beach party empties" to turn in for comic book money. The Coke was 10 cents a bottle, the return on the bottles was 2¢.

 

[waltesefalcon]

Didn't Coke also have cocaine when the price was 5 cents?

 

[Mickey Richaud]

Didn't Coke also have cocaine when the price was 5 cents?

Here ya go: > Did Coca-Cola Have Cocaine in it? | Avenues Recovery <

 

[PAUL161]

Coke was a Nickle from 1889 until 1959 for a 6.5 oz bottle. Probably the longest single price for a product ever. Should be a lot of folks out there that remembers a coke being a nickle.

 

[NutmegCT]

And from 1939 ...

"Pepsi-Cola hits the spot. Twelve full ounces that's a lot. Twice as much for a nickel too. "

Nickel nickel nickel nickel pickle pickle pickle pickle

 

[HealeyRick]

How many remember the ice-water filled vending machines with the tonic (Boston word) suspended in the water. You put in your nickel and then had to snake the bottle through the guides to the exit point?

 

[3798j]

How many remember the ice-water filled vending machines with the tonic (Boston word) suspended in the water. You put in your nickel and then had to snake the bottle through the guides to the exit point?
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That's actually an Ideal 55 soft drink dispenser. Manufactured from the late '40's to the early 60's. Not filled with ice, they were/are refrigerated using Tecumseh compressors.
Here's my 1948 Royal Crown 55. Early ones like this had the soft drink name embossed in the metal. Under the 10 cent coin slot is the original 5 cent. The compressor is still the original and keeps the bottles super cold.

 

[HealeyRick]

Thanks for the correction on the refrigerated vs ice.

 

[mikephillips]

I do remember those from when I was a kid, small town boy so the early 60s were a lot like the 50s in that respect. I remember too gumball machines out in front of stores, put in a penny, get a gumball.

 

[Basil]

That's actually an Ideal 55 soft drink dispenser. Manufactured from the late '40's to the early 60's. Not filled with ice, they were/are refrigerated using Tecumseh compressors.
Here's my 1948 Royal Crown 55. Early ones like this had the soft drink name embossed in the metal. Under the 10 cent coin slot is the original 5 cent. The compressor is still the original and keeps the bottles super cold.View attachment 97196

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I want! That is way cool!

 

[Mickey Richaud]

Don't get one from one of those in Mexico! I did years ago and had the worst case of Montezuma's Revenge ever!

 

[AngliaGT]

And remember when a pay phone was a dime?

 

[Mickey Richaud]

And remember when a pay phone was a dime?

A nickel in Louisiana until well into the '70's.

 

[mikephillips]

Imagine how they'd look if a teen from today went back and heard you as a teen saying, "gotta find a phone to call home, you have a dime??"...

 

[Bayless]

And remember when a pay phone was a dime?

Around 1960 in Oklahoma. I visited relatives in Memphis in '56 and was shocked to see that pay phones were a dime there.

 

[waltesefalcon]

A nickel in Louisiana until well into the '70's.

Louisiana had phones before the 70s?

 

[NutmegCT]

Louisiana had phones before the 70s?

And they had Huey Long!