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TABLE 2

TABLE OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS
IN UNITED STATES DOLLARS PER UNIT

15 OCTOBER 1951*

Country
Currency
Consisting of
Recent
Quotations
Afghanistan Afghani 100 Puls
$0.06
Alaska U.S. Dollars 100 Cents
1.00
Albania Lek 100 Quintar
0.02
Algeria Franc 100 Centimes
0.0029
Angola Angolar 100 Centavos
0.0350
Argentina† Peso 100 Centavos
0.0710
Australia Pound 20 Shillings—240 Pence
2.19
Austria** Schilling 100 Groschen
0.0475
Bahama Is. Pound 20 Shillings—100 Pence
2.815
Bahrain Is. Indian Rupee 16 Annas—192 Pies
0.2110
Barbados Dollar 100 Cents
0.5875
Bechuanaland English Pound 20 Shilling—240 Pence
2.805
Belgian Congo Franc 100 Centimes
0.0199
Belgium Franc 100 Centimes
0.0199
Bermuda Pound 20 Shillings—240 Pence
2.805
Bolivia* Boliviano 100 Centavos
0.0167
Brazil Cruzeiro 100 Centavos
0.0550
British East Africa Shlling 100 Cents
0.1405

       Kenya

 Shilling 100 Cents
0.1405

       Tanganyika

 Shilling 100 Cents
0.1405

       Uganda

 Shilling 100 Cents
0.1405

       Zanzibar

 Shilling 100 Cents
0.1405
British Guiana Dollar 100 Cents
0.5875
British Honduras Dollar 100 Cents
0.70
British North Borneo Dollar 100 Cents
0.3290
British West Africa Pound 20 Shillings—240 Pence
2.835

       Gold Coast

 Pound 20 Shillings—240 Pence
2.835

       Nigeria

 Pound 20 Shillings—240 Pence
2.835
Bulgaria Lev 100 Stotinki
0.0035
Burma Rupee 16 Annas—192 Pies
0.2105
Canada Dollar 100 Cents
0.95
Cape Verde Is. Escudo 100 Centavos
0.0350
Cayman Is. Pound 20 Shillings—240 Pence
2.805
Ceylon Rupee 100 Cents
0.2105
Chile† Peso 100 Centavos
0.0115
China    
Colombia Peso 100 Centavos
0.40
Costa Rica* Colon 100 Cents
0.1790
Cuba Peso 100 Centavos
1.00
Curacao Guilder 100 Cents
0.5325
Cyprus Pound 180 Piasters—7200 Paras
2.81
Czechoslovakia Crown 100 Heilers
0.02
Denmark Krone 100 Ore
0.1450
Dominican Republic Peso 100 Centavos
1.00
Ecuador Sucre 100 Centavos
0.0665
Egypt Pound 100 Piasters—1000 Mill
2.8825
England Pound 20 Shillings—240 Pence
2.80
Eritrea Shilling 100 Cents
0.1405
Ethiopia Dollar 100 Cents
0.41
Fiji Is. Pound 20 shillings—240 Pence
2.525
Finland Mark 100 Pennis
0.0045
Formosa† Taiwan Dollar 100 Cents
0.0650
France Franc 100 Centimes
0.0029
French Equatorial Africa Franc 100 Centimes
0.0058
French Guiana Fracn 100 Centimes
0.0029
French Indo China Piaster 100 Cents
0.03
French West Africa Franc 100 Centimes
0.0058
Germany (Western)* Deutsche Mark 100 Pfennig
0.2381
Gibraltar English Pound 20 Shillings—240 Pence
2.81
Greece Drachma 100 Lepta
0.000066
Guadeloupe Franc 100 Centimes
0.0029
Guatemala Quetzal 100 Centavos
1.00
Haiti Gourde 100 Centimes
0.20
Hawaii U.S. Dollar 100 Cents
1.00
Honduras Lempira 100 Centavos
0.50
Hong Kong Dollar 100 Cents
0.1750
Hungary Forint 100 Filler
0.0861
Iceland Krona 100 Aurar
0.0614
India Rupee 16 Annas—192 Pies
0.2105
Indonesia* Rupiah 100 Cents
0.2640
Iran Rial 100 Dinars
0.03125
Iraq Dinar 1000 Fila
2.805
Ireland (Republic) Pound 20 shillings—240 Pence
2.805
Israel Pound 1000 Mils
2.81
Italy* Lira 100 Centesimi
0.0016
Jamaica Pound 20 shillings—240 Pence

2.1825
Japan Yen 100 Sen
0.0028
Jordan Dinar 1000 Mils
2.81
Korea Won 100 Cheun
Lebanon† Pound 100 Piasters
0.2740
Liberia Dollar 100 Cents
1.00
Liechtenstein Franc 100 Rappen
0.2293
Luxembourg Franc 100 Centimes
0.0199
Macao Pataca 100 Avos
0.21
Madagascar Franc 100 Centimes
0.0058
Malaya Dollar 100 Cents
0.3290
Malta Pound 20 Shillings—240 Pence
2.81
Martinique Franc 100 Centimes
0.0029
Mauritius Rupee 100 Cents
0.2103
Mexico Peso 100 Centavos
0.1157
Monaco Franc 100 Centimos
0.0029
Morocco (French) Franc 100 Centimes
0.0029
Mozambique Facudo 100 Centavos
0.0350
Netherlands Guilder 100 Cents
0.2630
New Caledonia Franc 100 Centimes
0.0160
New Guinea (Mandate) Pound 20 Shillings—240 Pence
2.19
New Zealand Pound 20 Shillings—240 Pence
2.80
Nicaragua* Cordoba 100 Centavos
0.20
Norway Krone 100 Ore
0.1405
Nyasaland Pound 20 Shillings—240 Pence
2.82
Oceania (French) Franc 100 Centimes
0.0160
Pakistan Rupee 16 Annas—192 Pies
0.3035
Panama Balboa 100 Centesimos
1.00
Paraguay* Guarani 100 Centimos
0.1666
Peru Sol 100 Centavos
0.0650
Philippine Is. Peso 100 Centavos
0.4990
Poland Zloty 100 Grosze
0.25
Portugal Escudo 100 Centavos
0.0350
Portuguese Guiana Escudo 100 Centavos
0.0350
Portuguese India Rupia 16 Tangas—192 Reis
0.2105
Puerto Rico U.S. Dollar 100 Cents
1.00
Reunion Is. Franc 100 Centimes
0.0058
Rhodesia, Northern Pound 20 Shillings—240 Pence
2.81
Rhodesia, Southern Pound 20 Shillings—240 Pence
2.81
Roumania Leu 100 Bani
0.0067
Salvador, El Colon 100 Centavos
0.40
Samoa (British) New Zea. Pound 20 Shillings—240 Pence
2.80
Sarawak Dollar 100 Cents
0.3290
Saudi Arabia Riyal 22 Qurush = 88 Halals
0.28
Seychelles Rupee 100 Cents
0.2105
Singapore Dollar 100 Cents
0.3275
Solomon Is. Pound 20 Shillings—240 Pence
2.80
Somaliland Protectorate Rupee 100 Cents
0.2135
South West Africa Pound 20 Shillings—240 Pence
2.80
Spain* Peseta 100 Centimos
0.0915
St. Thomas & Principe Escudo 100 Centavos
0.0350
Sudan Pound 100 Piasters—1000 Mill
2.89
Surinam guilder 100 Cents
0.5375
Sweden Krona 100 Ore
0.1935
Switzerland Franc 100 Centimes
0.2293
Syria* Pound 100 Piasters
0.2835
Thailand* Baht 100 Satang
0.08
Tibet Rupee Approx. 6 Trangkaz
0.2105
Timor Pataca 100 Avos
0.21
Tonga Is. Austral. Pound 20 Shillings—240 Pence
2.19
Trinidad Dollar 100 Cents
0.5875
Tunisia Franc 100 Centimes
0.0029
Turkey Pound 100 Piasters = 4000 Paras
0.3575
Union of South Africa Pound 20 Shillings—240 Pence
2.80
Union of Soviet
       Socialist Republics		 Ruble 100 Kopecks
0.25
Uruguay† Peso 100 Centesimos
0.4175
Venezuela Bolivar 100 Centimos
0.3010
Virgin Is. (U.S.) U.S. Dollar 100 Cents
1.00
Yugoslavia Dinar 100 Paras
0.02
     
* Official Rate. † Free rate. ** Effective Commerial Rate

* Source: Manufacturers' Trust Company
 
 
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