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The British pound always seems to have a rough time against the Euro. But with a brand New Year came the hope that we could possibly manage to rectify this and take on the Euro with new strength and determination.

If you have never used a currency converter calculator before you might be wondering why you would want to use one. In truth there are plenty of reasons why you should use one – and there are also different types of calculators you could be using.

Sometimes it can seem as if the British pound struggles against most other currencies, especially of late. But December 2009 proved to be a good end to the year as far as the pound against the Japanese yen was concerned.

Looking at the exchange rate between the British pound and the New Zealand dollar can be fascinating. Sometimes there can be a huge difference between the two over the course of just a short amount of time. And this became evident as 2009 came to a close.

It certainly kicked off the month in the right way as it managed to up its rate to 12.839 on the first day. And since the week as a whole finished off with an even better exchange rate of 12.906 on the currency converter, it was clearly going to be an interesting battle to watch.

Here’s another fascinating match to evaluate for November. Our starting rate for this one on the currency converter was 77.6976 Indian rupees to the pound. But where did we head from there?

We’re going from a standing exchange rate of 11.3059 on the last day of October here, so there is plenty to look at during the month of November. How did the pound fare against this particular currency?

These two currencies are among the few that are still left in Europe to go up against the Euro. As such it is interesting to see how they fare when they go up against each other as well. How did they do during November, for example?

It’s an intriguing question, and one that we are about to answer for the month of October. The Swedish currency is one that sometimes gets forgotten in the shuffle between the Euro and the more highbrow Swiss franc, so let’s see what the pound could do against it during October.

Now here is a currency pairing that we never seem to look at. The Icelandic krona is not a key player in the world of currency. But it is still worth considering now and again, particularly with regard to how it performs against some major currencies.