Alpo Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Or duck-fu, for that matter. I am attempting to find the conversion rate of Spanish money in 1973. Specifically I wish to know how much 50 pesetas (or 5000 centimos, since one peseta was made up of 100 centimos) would have been worth in US dollars in 1973. I can find what 50 1973 pesetas would be worth today. But I don't want that I want to know what it was worth in 1973. Same book as the holster question. Our hero had requested $10,000 in Spanish money, and the guy that delivered it to him had skimmed 5,000 centimos out of it. I'm just attempting to find out how much that was. Can anybody help me out on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Found Here: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-T63_100-6a1d113a62e53bce43d1560360bf437f/pdf/GOVPUB-T63_100-6a1d113a62e53bce43d1560360bf437f.pdf You gotta scroll to find "Spain" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 I found this, but 1975, looks close https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/bank-of-england-spot/historical-spot-exchange-rates/usd/USD-to-ESP-1975 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted May 25, 2022 Author Share Posted May 25, 2022 Wow. At 58.2 pesetas to the dollar, that guy skimmed off a whole $0.90. At exchange rates like that, no wonder in the next chapter our hero and his girlfriend were able to get a huge meal for $0.62 each. I'm thinking the author meant that the guy held out 5,000 pesetas, instead of 5,000 centimos. That way he would have stolen 90 bucks, which would make more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Alpo said: I can find what 50 1973 pesetas would be worth today. Except that Spain is on the Euro. € Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted May 25, 2022 Author Share Posted May 25, 2022 I found a site that told me that 50 pesetas in 1973 would be worth 26 cents today. I found a site that told me what a 50 peseta coin from 1973 would be worth. And I found a site that told me what 50 pesetas from 1973 would be worth today in euros. I found all those sites. I could not find the site that Pat found. Thank you again, Pat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Find a site that tells you what 26 cents today would be worth in 1973 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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