Tourists going abroad can expect the following rates for sterling:

Australia 2.44 dollars

Austria 21.85 schillings

Belgium 64.31 francs

Canada 2.21 dollars

Cyprus 0.909 pounds

Denmark 11.96 kroner

Euro 1.6611 euro

Finland 9.41 marks

France 10.46 francs

Germany 3.14 marks

Greece 538.2 drachma

Holland 3.53 guilders

Hong Kong 11.41 dollars

Ireland 1.25 punts

Italy 3,102 lira

Japan 161.29 yen

Malta 0.641 lira

New Zealand 3.22 dollars

Norway 13.01 kroner

Portugal 319.2 escudo

South Africa 10.05 rands

Spain 263.3 pesetas

Sweden 13.44 krona

Switzerland 2.512 francs

Turkey 987,100 lira

USA 1.46 dollars

Converted for the new archive on 25 January 2001. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.