[PW] French Franc to U.S. Dollar--1920s to 1940s

[Mercedes Mc Andrew]

I recently was on the same quest specifically for the year 1921.  You  
can find the answers in The Wall Street Journal.  They would list the  
daily exchange rate of francs to dollars.
On Oct 31, 2007, at 6:28 PM, Norman Buchwald wrote:

> I work at a community college library, so we have very limited  
> historical resources and due to our budgets very little business  
> statistics resources.  A patron would like to find for each year  
> from 1920 to 1949 the ratio of the French Franc to the U.S.  
> dollar.  The closest I can find for a table--of what we have--is  
> the CRB Commodity Yearbook (edition we have is the 2004 edition)-- 
> which only lists 1994-2003.  Our books in this area are practically  
> nil.  Could someone help give an idea where I could guide the  
> patron?  I've tried to find it on the Web, so far no luck (at least  
> anything toward a free web source).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Norman
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Mercedes Mc Andrew
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