A 6.5 oz bottle of Coca-Cola (1950)

Corner drugstore

$0.05

A 6.5 oz bottle of Coca-Cola in 1950 cost $0.05.

Coke held its price at a nickel from 1886 all the way to 1959, one of the longest fixed prices in American retail.

Source: NPR Planet Money. Prices are what people paid at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

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