Hey people! I'm trying to write a report on Jane Eyre, but got hung up on a little currency problem. Also, I know nothing about coins, but I found this forum and you guys seem to know everything... My question is, what was the currency in early 1800's France, and what would be the equivilant of about 20$ (current US)?
Well the currency at the time was the franc. The coins were struck in silver & gold and ranged in denomination from 1 franc to 40 francs. At the time - the US $10 gold piece and the French 40 franc were both approx 1/2 ounce gold coins. Hope that helps
Depends on what you mean by "equivalent." As noted already, that would be about an ounce of gold. It would be a FR100 coin, though I believe they did not exist then. The amount would have been in the form of five 20 franc coins. FR20 was about $4 US at the time. Jane Eyre was published in 1847 and the US $20 "double eagle" started in 1849. See, for example: http://www.cpror.com/cprorGB/guide/guide.html However... as for purchasing power -- which I think is your real question -- a modern twenty dollars today would be like 20 cents or 1 franc back then. Back then, the average free worker earned about 50 cents to 1 dollar a day in the US and less in Europe, one to two francs. Farm labor was at a lower wage. Michael
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