On the eve of the first world war, Eichengreen shows, the Dutch guilder, Belgian franc and Austrian schilling were all more important as reserve currencies than the dollar.
埃森格林指出,第一次世界大战爆发前夕,荷兰盾、比利时法郎和奥地利先令都是比美元更重要的储备货币。
The pension was about two dollars a day for the three of us, and as the Austrian schilling went down with inflation, our room and food were less all the time.