Recent renewed surge of the dollar has helped send the pound and the French franc to new lows.

美元最近的重新增值使英镑和法朗下跌到新的低度。

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Between 1980 and 1985, the U.S. dollar had appreciated 50% against the Yen, Deutsche Mark, French Franc and British Pound.

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At one point in a show down among the English and French central bankers over French recovery from the war, the French central banker threatened to redeem its reserves in pound sterling back into gold, as the English went back on the gold standard a few years earlier.

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After WWI, the French central bank held many of its reserves in English pound sterling.

FORBES: Fed Should Sell Some Gold To Prevent 'Run On The Bank'