• s_s@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    When did payphones take quarters?

    Calls were a dime, like, forever.

    Same with a cup of coffee.

    Payphones were a quarter for only a very brief period of time before they disappeared.

    This is like having nostalgia about a car phone–extremely specific.

    • Unlikelyvillain
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      7 months ago

      I’m 42 and it was a dime for a very short time for me. Then it was a quarter. Actually I think there was a very brief time it was 15 cents.

    • thirteene@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Born in the late 80s I mostly remember $.25 and eventually $.35. although I saw a few pushing $.50. I loved going to the airport between the payphone carousels and the cart return I generally made $10 3 packs of pokemon cards a visit,