Pounds dollar exchange rate history
27 Jun 2016 Winston Churchill returned sterling to the gold standard in 1925 at the pre-war rate of £4.86 to the dollar. £1 equivalent to $4.86. 1931. Sterling The data reached an all-time high of 18.628 in Jan 2017 and a record low of 0.348 in Apr 1962. CEIC calculates monthly average Exchange Rate against USD as