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Sterling Devaluation

Great Britain · Economy / Currency. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1949–1967Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1949

Stafford Cripps18 September 1949

London · Economy / Currency

Cripps announces devaluation of sterling from 4.03 to 2.80 United States dollars.

1967

James Callaghan18 November 1967

London · Economy / Currency

Callaghan announces devaluation of sterling from 2.80 to 2.40 United States dollars.

Names involved

James CallaghanStafford Cripps

Provenance

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