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Listed below is a table of historical exchange rates relative to the U.S. dollar, at present the most widely traded currency in the world. An exchange rate represents the value of one currency in another. An exchange rate between two currencies fluctuates over time.
Un chau - China. Knife money - Zhou Dynasty. Ant nose coin - Chu (state) Ying Yuan - Chu (state) Sycee - Qin Dynasty. Ban Liang - Qin Dynasty. Spade money - Zhou Dynasty, Xin Dynasty. Jiaozi (currency) - Song Dynasty. Guanzi (currency) - Song Dynasty.
Historical Currency Conversion Page by Harold Marcuse. Focuses on converting German marks to US dollars since 1871 and inflating them to values today, but has much additional information on the history of currency exchange.
With the enactment of the National Banking Act of 1863—during the American Civil War —and its later versions that taxed states' bonds and currency out of existence, the dollar became the sole currency of the United States and remains so today.
Exchange rate history of the Indian rupee. This is a list of tables showing the historical timeline of the exchange rate for the Indian rupee (INR) against the special drawing rights unit (SDR), United States dollar (USD), pound sterling (GBP), Deutsche mark (DM), euro (EUR) and Japanese yen (JPY).
History of United States postage rates. The system for mail delivery in the United States has developed with the nation. Rates were based on the distance between sender and receiver in the nation's early years. In the middle of the 19th century, rates stabilized at one price regardless of distance.
The following table contains the monthly historical exchange rate of the different currencies of Argentina, expressed in Argentine currency units per United States dollar. The exchange rate at the end of each month is expressed in: From January 1914 to December 1969: Pesos Moneda Nacional; From January 1970 to May 1983: Pesos Ley 18188
The Soviet Union ran a planned economy, where the government controlled prices and the exchange of currency. Thus the Soviet ruble did not function like a currency in a market economy , because mechanisms other than currency, such as centrally planned quotas, controlled the distribution of goods.