[lbo-talk] Past value of Francs -> Dollars?

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Sat Oct 9 06:57:23 PDT 2010


On Sat, 9 Oct 2010, Charles Turner wrote:


> Folks on this list were really helpful a while back pointing me to
> conversion methods, 1968 dollars to present values.
>
> 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.

In August 1968, there were 5.48 francs to the dollar:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretton_Woods_system#French_franc

and it looks like it stayed that way until the system collapsed in 1971.

Michael



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