The franc was pegged at 4.9371 to the US dollar from 1960 until a devaluation on 10 August 1968. From then until 1971, it was 5.48 francs to the dollar. So just divide your franc price by whichever figure applies and you have a dollar value.
Mike Beggs
On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 11:54 PM, Charles Turner <vze26m98 at optonline.net> wrote:
> Hi all-
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> Folks on this list were really helpful a while back pointing me to conversion methods, 1968 dollars to present values.
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> My next challenge is to convert French francs circa 1968-70 to dollars. Ultimately, I'd want to state the value in present terms, but doing the currency conversion is what I need help with.
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> Can anyone point me to books, papers, internet resources, whatever that might help me?
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> Thanks in advance!
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> Charles Turner
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