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Sterling Float

Great Britain · Government / Coalition Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1919Date range
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1919

Austen Chamberlain1919

London · Government / Coalition Government

Britain ends support for the wartime dollar rate and allows sterling to float.

Names involved

Austen Chamberlain

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