* Pasteur 應是省5 millions francs,5百萬法郎;1932當時1元約值6法郎。
:http://www3.telus.net/st_simons/cr9712.htm Having been banished into obscurity in the countryside of Arbois, Pasteur spent the next decade researching the causes of anthrax, the black plague ravaging the sheep across France. Miraculously Pasteur invented an Anthrax Vaccine, which he gave freely to all farmers’ sheep in Arbois. When the French government needed more sheep to pay the 5 million francs War indemnity to Germany, they came to Arbois to find out why Pasteur’s sheep were healthy. Telling them of his vaccine, Pasteur was again mocked as a fool and charlatan by the Academy of Medicine. Only after a rigorous test where infected Anthrax Blood was injected in 50 sheep, was Pasteur finally vindicated. To everyone’s amazement, the only sheep that survived were the 25 sheep which Pasteur had injected with his vaccine.
Currency Exchange Rate vs. 1 USD, 1930-1939
Britain (Pounds)
China (Yuan)
France (Francs)
Germany (Reichsmark)
Greece (Drachmas)
India (Rupees)
Italy (Lire)
Japan (Yen)
Mexico (Peso)
Spain (Pesetas)
1930
0.21
3.34
25.48
4.19
77.17
2.77
19.09
2.02
2.12
8.57
1931
0.22
4.46
25.51
4.23
77.36
2.97
19.21
2.05
2.10
10.48
1932
0.29
4.60
25.46
4.21
120.19
3.80
19.51
3.56
3.14
12.43
1933
0.24
*3.50
19.88
3.28
138.26
3.14
14.90
3.90
3.56
9.33
1934
0.20
2.93
15.22
2.54
106.36
2.64
11.68
3.37
3.60
7.34
1935
0.20
2.73
15.15
2.48
106.54
2.71
12.13
3.48
3.60
7.31
1936
0.20
3.36
16.36
2.48
107.65
2.67
13.71
3.45
3.60
8.12
1937
0.20
3.38
24.72
2.49
110.44
2.68
19.01
3.47
3.60
16.52
1938
0.20
4.68
34.74
2.49
111.63
2.73
19.01
3.52
4.52
17.86
1939
0.23
8.42
39.84
2.50
122.65
3.00
19.25
3.85
5.18
9.41
Notes: *China changed currency to the New Yuan Canada's exchange rate is within pennies of the USD, Australia was approx .05 higher than Britain Compiled from: Economic History Services