Open your Internet browser. Navigate to a search engine. Enter "online currency converter" in the "Search" field. Click on the "Search" button. Open a number of the results to get a rate comparison from each.
Click on the "United Kingdom Pounds-GBP" option in the "from this currency" drop-down menu.
Click on the "United States Dollars- USD" option in the "to this currency" drop-down menu.
Enter "1500" in the "Amount" field and click on the "Convert" button. The conversion results will be displayed. In November, 2010, 1,500 pounds is the equivalent of $2,424.