Dollar-Pound Exchange Rate From 1791
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The table presents for each year the number of U.S. dollars per British pound.
Year | Rate |
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 |
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Lawrence H. Officer, "Dollar-Pound Exchange Rate From 1791,"
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