

Historical exchange rates - a tool that allows you to display the exchange rate (daily averages) between the two currencies of your choice for a date range of up to 2000 days.Note that the rates provided by Oanda are averages of figures gathered from Telerate, Bridge, and Reuters rather than being closing market prices. The data range generally begins in 1990 but the start point varies for each currency.

Oanda is a commercial website providing foreign exchange and information services for 164 currencies. These charts are compiled from a variety of sources, including the IMF, World Bank and OECD. Foreign Currency Units per 1 British Pound, 1948- (PDF 3 pages 13 KB).Foreign Currency Units per 1 Canadian Dollar, 1948- (PDF 3 pages 13 KB).The site also publishes annual reference charts for 24 currencies against the US dollar, Canadian dollar and pound sterling. Data can be downloaded in a variety of formats. The Database Retrieval System allows you to select a base currency, a target currency, time span, volume or price notation and a frequency of figures within that (daily, weekly or monthly). The rates start in 1971 but complete data sets will not be available for every currency. The service is provided by Professor Antweiler of the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business and is primarily for the academic community. The Pacific Exchange Rate Service offers an extensive range of current and historical exchange rate data. The tables for the last five years are available from the FT Data Archive (subscription required). The information is derived from WM Reuters Spot Rates and Morningstar data. The Financial Times publishes tables of world currencies against the Pound, Dollar, Euro and Yen.
