12966. GBP to USD exchange rate, as of a month ago, was about $1.75 per pound. If it were $1.50, as it was last fall, I'd take the pounds and add half again; 1 plus 50 cents equal $1.50, or take 2/3 of the dollars: £1.50 x .667 = $1. This still sort-of works, but I think we'll see $2/£1 again sometime this summer.