[uf-discuss] Currency microformat

[Michael Leikam]

How about using a timestamp/effective date?

If enabling exchange rate and value-over-time calculations
is a goal for a currency uf, I think we'll find them
essential.

-ml


--- Andy Mabbett <andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:

> In message <8Nq16iPz6RvEFwE5 at pigsonthewing.org.uk>, Andy
> Mabbett
> <andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk> writes
> >Consider a defunct currency
> 
> Example:
> 
>         http://charlesdickenspage.com/works.html
> 
>         a novel cost 31 shillings in 1836, average worker
> earned 6 to 20
>         shillings per week) but a monthly installment, 32
> pages with 2
>         illustrations and advertisements, could be sold
> for a shilling.
> 
> Literally, six shillings = GBP 0.30; 20 shillings = GBP
> 1.00; but both
> have to be multiplied by some factor to give current-day
> equivalencies.
> 
> -- 
> Andy Mabbett
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