Dollar-Pound Exchange Rate From 1791

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What Was the Exchange Rate between the U.S. dollar and British pound?
Initial Year:
Ending Year:

The table presents for each year the number of U.S. dollars per British pound.

YearRate
1929$4.86
1930$4.86
1931$4.54
1932$3.51
1933$4.24
1934$5.04
1935$4.90
1936$4.97
1937$4.94
1938$4.89
1939$4.44
1940$3.83
1941$4.03
1942$4.04
1943$4.04
1944$4.04
1945$4.03
1946$4.03
1947$4.03
1948$4.03
1949$3.69
1950$2.80
1951$2.80
1952$2.79
1953$2.81
1954$2.81
1955$2.79
1956$2.80
1957$2.79
1958$2.81
1959$2.81
1960$2.81
1961$2.80
1962$2.81
1963$2.80
1964$2.79
1965$2.80
1966$2.79
1967$2.75
1968$2.39
1969$2.39
1970$2.40
1971$2.44
1972$2.50
1973$2.45
1974$2.34
1975$2.22
1976$1.80
1977$1.74
1978$1.92
1979$2.12
1980$2.33
1981$2.02
1982$1.75
1983$1.52
1984$1.34
1985$1.30
1986$1.47
1987$1.64
1988$1.78
1989$1.64
1990$1.78
1991$1.77
1992$1.77
1993$1.50
1994$1.53
1995$1.58
1996$1.56
1997$1.64
1998$1.66
1999$1.62
2000$1.52
2001$1.44
2002$1.50
2003$1.63
2004$1.83
2005$1.82
2006$1.84
2007$2.00
2008$1.85
2009$1.57
2010$1.55
2011$1.60
2012$1.59
2013$1.56
2014$1.65
2015$1.53
2016$1.35
2017$1.29
2018$1.33
2019$1.28
2020$1.28
2021$1.37
2021$1.37
2022$1.23
2023$1.24
2024$1.28

Note: Current data is only available till 2024.



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Lawrence H. Officer, "Dollar-Pound Exchange Rate From 1791," MeasuringWorth,
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