I like that idea Mark lol a quarter could buy you a candy bar, cost only 2 cents for bazooka gum, 15 cents for a scoop of Thrifty ice cream...change went a long way for a kid
We had a small grocery store literally just steps behind our house. We constantly went to buy candy. Candybars 5 cents; gumball a penny. One time I spent my whole "quarter" allowance on a bottle of nailpolish (without permission). I made a big mess on my fingers/toes and the porch. My mom sent me to get my money back. Ha ha ha, which of course they wouldn't do with an opened messed up bottle.
TIS
Our neighborhood store was Mary and Sal's. I was sent there for Italian bread, Camels, and Lucky Strikes. On the way home from Corpus Christi school, we stopped at Vento's for pizza and a coke: 15 cents total. Of course, neither I nor my sisters could afford even that pittance (which, of course, was not a pittance at the time). Sometimes one of our friends would take pity and give me the money.
I remember my dad sending one of us out to buy a cigar? That would never go today. I can't say I ever remember buying more than 1 cigar at a time for some reason. Yet, I remember my mom using old cigar boxes (RG Dunn comes to mind) for various purposes or she'd just hang on to them in case she needed them. ha ha
TIS
"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK
I made a big mess on my fingers/toes and the porch. My mom sent me to get my money back. Ha ha ha, which of course they wouldn't do with an opened messed up bottle. 
Yet, I remember my mom using old cigar boxes (RG Dunn comes to mind) for various purposes or she'd just hang on to them in case she needed them. ha ha
