British Pound / French Franc Historical Reference Rates from Bank of England for 1979
A historical database of the daily reference rates recorded by the Bank of England in 1979.
Update: The Bank of England has ceased publishing data for this exchange rate.
GBP/FRF rates recorded by the Bank of England 1975 - 2001

December - 1979
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ||||||
2 | 3 8.9004 | 4 8.9216 | 5 8.9258 | 6 8.95 | 7 8.9467 | 8 |
9 | 10 8.9244 | 11 8.9242 | 12 8.9458 | 13 8.9602 | 14 8.9758 | 15 |
16 | 17 8.9549 | 18 8.9501 | 19 8.9282 | 20 8.9222 | 21 8.9198 | 22 |
23 | 24 8.9479 | 25 | 26 | 27 9.0232 | 28 8.9641 | 29 |
30 | 31 8.9334 |
November - 1979
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 8.7698 | 2 8.6845 | 3 | ||||
4 | 5 8.6606 | 6 8.8154 | 7 8.7864 | 8 8.8021 | 9 8.8021 | 10 |
11 | 12 8.8783 | 13 8.8612 | 14 8.8159 | 15 8.9508 | 16 8.9871 | 17 |
18 | 19 9.16 | 20 8.9452 | 21 8.9731 | 22 8.9759 | 23 8.9282 | 24 |
25 | 26 8.8738 | 27 9.0667 | 28 8.8996 | 29 8.9297 | 30 8.9371 |
October - 1979
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 8.9441 | 2 9.0388 | 3 9.0428 | 4 9.0756 | 5 9.0297 | 6 | |
7 | 8 9.0437 | 9 9.0816 | 10 9.0632 | 11 9.0498 | 12 9.0959 | 13 |
14 | 15 9.082 | 16 9.0901 | 17 9.0633 | 18 9.0772 | 19 9.086 | 20 |
21 | 22 9.0873 | 23 8.9574 | 24 8.9175 | 25 8.9247 | 26 8.8957 | 27 |
28 | 29 8.8897 | 30 8.7502 | 31 8.7814 |
September - 1979
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ||||||
2 | 3 9.567 | 4 9.5147 | 5 9.5217 | 6 9.5009 | 7 9.5092 | 8 |
9 | 10 9.4701 | 11 9.4765 | 12 9.3801 | 13 9.3399 | 14 9.22 | 15 |
16 | 17 9.0871 | 18 9.1244 | 19 9.059 | 20 9.008 | 21 8.9838 | 22 |
23 | 24 8.9498 | 25 8.9735 | 26 9.0824 | 27 9.0323 | 28 9.0227 | 29 |
30 |
August - 1979
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 9.6601 | 2 9.6332 | 3 9.6733 | 4 | |||
5 | 6 9.5466 | 7 9.4019 | 8 9.4169 | 9 9.4839 | 10 9.5462 | 11 |
12 | 13 9.4881 | 14 9.5181 | 15 9.5166 | 16 9.4085 | 17 9.4534 | 18 |
19 | 20 9.4774 | 21 9.4323 | 22 9.4515 | 23 9.4821 | 24 9.508 | 25 |
26 | 27 | 28 9.6079 | 29 9.623 | 30 9.5738 | 31 9.5945 |
July - 1979
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 9.3539 | 3 9.4116 | 4 9.4832 | 5 9.4916 | 6 9.46 | 7 |
8 | 9 9.4247 | 10 9.4983 | 11 9.5163 | 12 9.4978 | 13 9.4881 | 14 |
15 | 16 9.5185 | 17 9.5937 | 18 9.5895 | 19 9.6805 | 20 9.6466 | 21 |
22 | 23 9.7166 | 24 9.7831 | 25 9.8078 | 26 9.8668 | 27 9.8019 | 28 |
29 | 30 9.8502 | 31 9.6311 |
June - 1979
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 9.184 | 2 | |||||
3 | 4 9.1883 | 5 9.1987 | 6 9.1782 | 7 9.146 | 8 9.1349 | 9 |
10 | 11 9.1373 | 12 9.2479 | 13 9.3097 | 14 9.2448 | 15 9.2237 | 16 |
17 | 18 9.2331 | 19 9.1907 | 20 9.216 | 21 9.2406 | 22 9.1956 | 23 |
24 | 25 9.2412 | 26 9.216 | 27 9.2191 | 28 9.2634 | 29 9.2777 | 30 |
May - 1979
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 9.0444 | 2 9.0354 | 3 9.0748 | 4 9.0792 | 5 | ||
6 | 7 | 8 9.0374 | 9 9.0328 | 10 8.9902 | 11 8.9604 | 12 |
13 | 14 8.9685 | 15 9.0712 | 16 9.0722 | 17 9.0875 | 18 9.0979 | 19 |
20 | 21 9.0911 | 22 9.0889 | 23 9.1458 | 24 9.1062 | 25 9.1115 | 26 |
27 | 28 | 29 9.1396 | 30 9.1274 | 31 9.1452 |
April - 1979
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 8.938 | 3 8.9141 | 4 8.9354 | 5 8.9616 | 6 9.0605 | 7 |
8 | 9 9.1227 | 10 9.1672 | 11 9.0799 | 12 9.171 | 13 | 14 |
15 | 16 | 17 9.1165 | 18 9.0429 | 19 9.0416 | 20 9.0359 | 21 |
22 | 23 9.027 | 24 9.0064 | 25 8.8959 | 26 8.8837 | 27 8.9492 | 28 |
29 | 30 9.0418 |
March - 1979
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 8.6554 | 2 8.6618 | 3 | ||||
4 | 5 8.6729 | 6 8.682 | 7 8.6962 | 8 8.7437 | 9 8.716 | 10 |
11 | 12 8.7563 | 13 8.7431 | 14 8.7235 | 15 8.722 | 16 8.7368 | 17 |
18 | 19 8.6849 | 20 8.7237 | 21 8.7258 | 22 8.7213 | 23 8.7417 | 24 |
25 | 26 8.7782 | 27 8.8084 | 28 8.7907 | 29 8.8272 | 30 8.8822 | 31 |
February - 1979
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 8.5564 | 2 8.5619 | 3 | ||||
4 | 5 8.5129 | 6 8.5279 | 7 8.5172 | 8 8.4723 | 9 8.5013 | 10 |
11 | 12 8.5051 | 13 8.5353 | 14 8.5642 | 15 8.5588 | 16 8.5645 | 17 |
18 | 19 8.5703 | 20 8.5791 | 21 8.5972 | 22 8.5836 | 23 8.5893 | 24 |
25 | 26 8.6144 | 27 8.6339 | 28 8.6421 |
January - 1979
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 8.4805 | 3 8.5381 | 4 8.5414 | 5 8.542 | 6 | |
7 | 8 8.5393 | 9 8.5409 | 10 8.5129 | 11 8.5152 | 12 8.5051 | 13 |
14 | 15 8.5075 | 16 8.4998 | 17 8.4992 | 18 8.4648 | 19 8.4824 | 20 |
21 | 22 8.4575 | 23 8.4687 | 24 8.4585 | 25 8.4861 | 26 8.481 | 27 |
28 | 29 8.5198 | 30 8.5245 | 31 8.5248 |