You reminded me of my own childhood. Yes, 5 Kčs was a standard price. I was not yet 13 when the no-longer-Communist Czechoslovak government liberalized the pri

You reminded me of my own childhood. Yes, 5 Kčs was a standard price. I was not yet 13 when the no-longer-Communist Czechoslovak government liberalized the prices. Back then, I was profoundly unsettled by the idea that the same loaf of bread could cost a different amount of money in two different stores. It felt as unnatural as having multiple birthdays.