The different rates of life insurance over a period of 54 years
Unless the terms of the policy have changed, $10,000.
Disagree. $ 10,000.00 in 1955 are certainly not $ 10,000.00 in 2009. There are a lot of things in the middle, starting with inflation.
Anyways, I can’t really answer your question because we do need more details to perform a likely actualization.
I agree with TC Heretic. If you bought a term life $10,000 policy in 1955 it will be worth $10,000 when you die.
Most likely, it’s still worth $10,000, unless you asked for more and paid for it.