[Hallicrafters] inflation

[lrlayton at cox.net]

Those 5 cent amateur radio stamps stamps from 1965 would cost around 35 cents in todays money. A Hallicrafters SX-117 that sold for $379 in 1965 would be a whopping  $2584.70  now,  and todays gas at $4.00 would be equivalent to  59 cents a gallon back then. The problem is that the dollar just isn't worth much these days!

These numbers are from the governments own inflation calculator at http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl

 



---- Peter Markavage <manualman at juno.com> wrote: 
> I still have several 3 cent stamps (I think they had the Statue of
> Liberty on them) that I've never used. Plus, I still have a bunch of
> unused 5 cent Amateur Radio stamps that they issued "back in the good old
> days". 
> 
> I also have a refund check for 10 cents issued by the U. S. Government to
> some Private in the Army back in 1951 or 52. It's amazing the things you
> find stuck in the pages of old manuals.
> 
> Pete, wa2cwa
> http://www.manualman.com
> 
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