# How much did you get per tooth from the tooth fairy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 18, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278 "2011-05-18T03:03:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278/1 "2011-05-18T03:03:00Z")
One of my son’s friends got $5 for his first tooth. My son is trying to get me to negotiate with the tooth fairy for $100 per tooth. Obviously, that’s not going to happen. Anyway, that got me to thinking - how much did you get per tooth from the tooth fairy (assuming she visited, of course)? I think I got .25 - .50 back in the early 80s. Apparently inflation’s a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278/2 "2011-05-18T03:12:04Z")
I got a quarter, until I caught my dad. He was terrible at being sneaky. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278/3 "2011-05-18T03:15:36Z")
$1 per tooth. Born 1981. My mom spoiled me, so this was probably a bit above the norm. On an interesting note, the whole “tooth fairy” thing was spoiled for me when I was about eight. Dad worked days, mom worked nights. She would leave written notes for dad before she left for work. One day, I lost a tooth. Being a precocious reader, I read her notes for dead. Item #1 - “Leave money under pillow for tooth!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kkrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Kkrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kkrose)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278/4 "2011-05-18T03:18:00Z")
I got a quarter. One of my friends used to get a paperback book for each tooth. I thought it was horribly unfair. Of course, I had an older brother and as a result was full aware that my parents were the tooth fairy and if I had complained I would have just received nothing at all. This was in the 80’s. I still like the book idea though an will probably employ it with my children. That way I don’t have to worry if my kids on get $1 and the neighbor kid gets $5. Presents always beat money with kids. At least kids young enough to believe in the tooth fairy. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278/5 "2011-05-18T03:20:00Z")
Something like $0.25. I was born in 1987. Sounds like the going rate is more like $1 these days, though. I do know I only got money for the first couple teeth, then I stopped caring around the same time I busted my parents as being Santa Claus (age 5). My teeth were incredibly slow to do anything. I still had an adult canine growing in at 16 and my wisdom teeth are developing about 4-5 years behind the curve. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278/6 "2011-05-18T03:20:26Z")
Mid eighties, I think I got somewhere in the neighborhood of a dollar. My sister babysits for some well-to-do people. They don’t do it, but they have friends that do the $50-$100 per tooth thing. That seems kind of silly to me. A kid at tooth losing age, isn’t even going to have any use for $100 per tooth and probably doesn’t even understand how much money that is anyways. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278/7 "2011-05-18T03:22:24Z")
Born in 1957. The going rate in our house was a dime, wrapped in a little twist of waxed paper so it wouldn’t get lost. When my kids came along in the 80’s, I think we did a quarter. One morning I forgot, and managed to convince my son to go back to sleep because he had woken up “too early” As I tucked him back in I slipped the quarter under his pillow…and yes, it was wrapped in waxed paper! ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278/8 "2011-05-18T03:24:36Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Mid eighties, I think I got somewhere in the neighborhood of a dollar. > My sister babysits for some well-to-do people. They don’t do it, but they have friends that do the $50-$100 per tooth thing. That seems kind of silly to me. A kid at tooth losing age, isn’t even going to have any use for $100 per tooth and probably doesn’t even understand how much money that is anyways. People actually give their kids that much for a _tooth_? Jeez. I thought my son’s request was so funny I laughed out loud. I can’t imagine actually doing that. The book idea is a good one. Hmmm… So much to think about. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278/9 "2011-05-18T03:25:02Z")
$1 in the early/mid-90s, but it was $5 the time I lost two in one day. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278/10 "2011-05-18T03:25:22Z")
Quarter. Born in 1944. Guess my parents were spoiling me even then. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278/11 "2011-05-18T03:44:39Z")
Sixpence. Born in 1953. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278/12 "2011-05-18T04:09:25Z")
I think I got a quarter. Born in '87. I did get 50 cents one time because I lost two teeth at once. That was pretty exciting. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278/13 "2011-05-18T04:11:36Z")
I got a quarter in the 1950s. A small fortune - two comic books and a candy bar. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278/14 "2011-05-18T04:12:11Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > The going rate in our house was a dime, wrapped in a little twist of waxed paper so it wouldn’t get lost. Ditto, except it was a piece of toilet paper. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278/15 "2011-05-18T04:13:21Z")
Born 1970. I usually got whatever change was in my parents pockets at the time. It was never less than .50 and sometimes it’d be over $2. Then I’d also get some sort of stuffed animal and a pack of sen sen. ---
**Author:** ![wheresmymind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@wheresmymind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheresmymind)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278/16 "2011-05-18T04:17:13Z")
Pretty sure I got $1.00 per tooth in quarters or half-dollars. Would have been the late 80’s-early 90’s I guess. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278/17 "2011-05-18T04:58:55Z")
A quarter or half-dollar, in the 70s. My mom must have been really good at it as I never caught her. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278/18 "2011-05-18T05:21:54Z")
I was Tooth Fairy beneficiary age in the 1950’s. I remember getting a dime or a quarter. Woo Hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278/19 "2011-05-18T05:24:44Z")
Guess I’m the only one that got paid in stock options. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278/20 "2011-05-18T06:09:05Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Sixpence. Born in 1953. Exactly the same. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-you-get-per-tooth-from-the-tooth-fairy/582278.md?page=2)