A Tribute to Bread
This table contains prices of similar loaves of French/Italian bread, ordered by equivalent value in U.S. dollars, using exchange rates at the time the bread was eaten. These breads are not identical in quality, and come from a variety of merchants (supermarket, restaurants, street stands etc).
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The Price of Bread |
In U.S. dollars |
|
|
|
367 |
guaranies |
$0.10 |
|
|
100 |
West
African Francs/CFA |
$0.20 |
|
|
1.8 |
dirham |
$0.21 |
|
|
150,000 |
Lira |
$0.23 |
|
|
500 |
Meticais |
$0.23 |
|
|
2000 |
Kip |
$0.24 |
|
|
150 |
West
African Franc/CFA |
$0.30 |
|
|
5 |
Lempira |
$0.30 |
|
|
300 |
Shillings |
$0.30 |
|
| 450 | Tugrik | $0.30 | Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia |
|
3.5 |
Namibian dollars |
$0.33 |
|
| 12 | Som | $0.35 | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
|
0.62 |
|
$0.37 |
|
|
100 |
Ouguiya |
$0.40 |
|
|
43 |
Pacifique francs |
$0.43 |
Pape'ete,
Tahiti, |
|
160 |
Colones |
$0.50 |
|
|
6.43 |
Pesos |
$0.50 |
|
|
4 |
French francs |
$0.53 |
Marigot,
|
|
55 |
U.S. cents |
$0.55 |
|
|
1.5 |
|
$0.56 |
|
|
44 |
Shillings |
$0.56 |
|
|
0.60 |
Pesos |
$0.60 |
|
| 180 | Dram | $0.60 | Yerevan, Armenia |
|
60 |
U.S. cents |
$0.60 |
|
|
110 |
Pesetas |
$0.60 |
|
| 35 | Dinar | $0.63 | Belgrade, Serbia |
|
1.30 |
Reais |
$0.65 |
|
|
65 |
U.S. cents |
$0.65 |
|
|
5 |
French francs |
$0.70 |
|
|
2 |
|
$0.74 |
|
| 0.7 | New Manat | $0.82 | Baku, Azerbaijan |
|
1.19 |
U.S.
dollars |
$1.19 |
|
| 190 | Forint | $1.20 | Budapest, Hungary |
|
1.95 |
|
$1.20 |
|
|
1.5 |
Euro |
$1.35 |
|
|
2 |
Australian dollars |
$1.50 |
|
|
231 |
Yen |
$2.12 |
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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Gilgit, Kashmir (Pakistan)
Tortilla Factory, Monterrey, Mexico
Bread in the Western Sahara
Kashgar, Xinjiang (China)
Urumuqi, Xinjiang (China)
