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From: johnb <>
Subject: Re: Then and Now: Value of British Pound Stirling in 1950
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:00:25 +0200
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fjs1net wrote:
> I have just found my mother's first British passport; this was issued
> in 1950.
>
> That same year, she left England, and traveled by ship to New York, to
> marry my dad, who had been living there for a couple of years already.
>
> In the back of her passport, there is a statement of GBP 4.00 value
> for "Foreign Exchange for Traveling Purposes".
>
> Presume that this amount was just to cover her trip.
>
> But the question is . . .
>
> What would that GBP 4.00 (4 pounds) be able to buy in 1950, and what
> would it be it's equivalent value today?
>
> Any one know?
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Fred

It depends which index you use. Lots of information at
http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html

One of the links
http://www.measuringworth.com/ppoweruk/?redirurl=calculators/ppoweruk/
gives:
Current data is only available till 2008. In 2008, £4 0s 0d from 1950 is
worth
£102.68using the retail price index.
£303.63using average earnings.


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