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I had hopes to come up with a funny answer, but ...
1925 Standing Liberty Quarter Value
According to the NGC Price Guide, as of September 2024, a Standing Liberty Quarter from 1925 in circulated condition is worth between $5 and $125. However, on the open market 1925 Quarters in pristine, uncirculated condition sell for as much as $3750.
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I'm not so much asking about the actual deflated value, I mean what was culturally the equivalent of flipping a cheap coin (quarter) back then? Like a penny that was quarter sized lol
Since it wasn't the equivalent of $ 30.000 by far and presumably used more likely similar to ours, i assume it was that very same quarter, that was usually used to flip the coin.
I choose to believe they had an old-timey quarter-sized penny 😅
Edit: quarter-pennz