If I recall correctly, France was late to leave the gold standard because it had devalued the Franc wrt gold before returning to the gold standard, while the UK overvalued the pound, possibly thinking that asserting the old value as the new would make it so, which it did not. As a result gold flowed out of the UK and gold flowed into France as French exports were more competitive under gold. But that became a hollow victory when the UK, Germany and the USA left the gold standard.

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