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1998 Monthly Average Exchange Rates for the United States (U.S.) Dollar and United Kingdom (U.K.) Pound

Month U.S. U.K.
January 1.4408 2.3562
February 1.4339 2.3529
March 1.4162 2.3544
April 1.4298 2.3916
May 1.4449 2.3681
June 1.4653 2.4183
July 1.4876 2.4442
August 1.5213 2.5109
September 1.5352 2.5595
October 1.5450 2.6186
November 1.5393 2.5578
December 1.5422 2.5576

Average Exchange Rates for 1998

Country
(monetary unit)

Exchange rate

Country (monetary unit)

Exchange rate

Argentina (peso) 1.4835 Mexico (nuevo peso) 0.1628
Australia (dollar) 0.9330 Morocco (dirham) 0.1547
Austria (schilling) 0.1201 Netherlands (guilder) 0.7496
Bahamas (dollar) 1.4831 Netherlands Antilles (florin) 0.8286
Belgium and Luxembourg (franc) 0.04096 New Zealand (dollar) 0.7953
Brazil (new real) 1.2729 Norway (krone) 0.1965
Burma (kyat) 0.2366 Pakistan (rupee) 0.03074
Chile (peso) 0.003221 Panama (balboa) 1.4831
China (renminbi) 0.1792 Peru (nuevo sol) 0.5071
Colombia (peso) 0.001042 Philippines (peso) 0.03630
Communauté Financière Africaine (franc) 0.002520 Portugal (escudo) 0.008250
Comptoirs Française du Pacifique (franc) 0.01386 Singapore (dollar) 0.8879
Denmark (krone) 0.2218 South Africa (rand) 0.2697
East Caribbean (E.C. dollar) 0.5493 South Korea (won) 0.001071
European Economic Community (ecu) 1.66679 Spain (peseta) 0.009952
Fiji (dollar) 0..7558 Sri Lanka (rupee) 0.02287
Finland (markka) 0.2781 Sweden (krona) 0.1865
France, Monaco, and North Africa (franc) 0.2520 Switzerland (franc) 1.0258
Germany (mark) 0.8450 Taiwan (new Taiwan $) 0.04433
Ghana (codi) 0.000639 Thailand (baht) 0.03638
Greece (drachma) 0.005033 Trinidad and Tobago (dollar) 0.2381
Honduras (lempira) 0.1104 Tunisia (dinar) 1.3056
Hong Kong (dollar) 0.1915 Turkey (lira) 0.000006
Iceland (krona) 0.02086 United Kingdom (pound) 2.45867649
India (rupee) 0.03596 United States (dollar) 1.48310319
Ireland (pound) 2.1163 Venezuela (bolivar) 0.002710
Israel (shekel) 0.3914 Italy (lira) 0.000856
Japan (yen) 0.01139 Malaysia (ringgit) 0.3794

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