1959 Gold Bill Viral: There was a time when many things were available for the price of a rupee. You must have heard from your family members at some point that so many things were available for 1 rupee, and today,500 rupees are gone in a moment. Our income was also lower then, so many things were available for even 1 rupee.
But today, as our salaries are increasing, inflation is also growing similarly, which is why the price of things has also increased. In the inflation era, everything is getting expensive, like food items, clothes, etc. Most of all, the prices of gold and silver are seeing a very rapid jump.
Today, jewellery bills are on social media. The price of 1 tola gold has been mentioned in this gold bill. When you visit this bill, you will be surprised. Recently, a photo was posted on the Instagram account @upscworldofficial, a photo of a bill from 1959.
This bill is from a jewellery shop. It shows the price of one ton of gold. Nowadays, one ton of gold is selling for more than 70 thousand. No, do you think what the price of gold would have been 66 years ago? At that time, e-gold was very cheap; however, the value of the rupee was also less than today.
When the price of 1 tola
This bill, which is in Marathi, shows that the price of one Tola of gold is only 113 rupees. It is from the Vaman Nimbaji Ashtekar shop in Maharashtra. The customer’s name is Shivling Atmaram. At that time, he had bought gold and silver worth 909 rupees.
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While sharing the post, it is written that – Today, chocolate has become more expensive than gold, which was this cheap.
This post has received 38 thousand likes. One user commented, “113 rupees had a lot of value at that time; this should not be forgotten.”
