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Prices (Posthumus)

This data base contains prices taken from the tables of absolute prices contained in volume 1 of N. W. Posthumus's Nederlandsche Prijsgeschiedenis (Leiden, 1943). For a detailed explanation of the sources of this data, see his Introduction, pp. XVIII-LXXIX. Posthumus took most of the quotations from published listings of the Amsterdam commodity exchange. The listings appeared irregularly from 1585 to 1609, weekly from 1609 to 1796, and twice a week from 1796 to 1813. Of the approximately 12,000 price currents that were issued between 1585 and 1813, Posthumus was able to find 3,033, or about one-fourth. There are, moreover, large gaps among these. Only 138 years are represented, so that numerous years are lacking, particularly before 1624, and between the years 1654-64, 1694-1701,1710-18, and 1722-28.

Posthumus also supplemented the information drawn from the price currents with data contained in other, more specialized price lists, from various printed periodicals and newspapers, from miscellaneous documents published by other historians, and from archival sources. All quotations before 1585 come from such sources. If Posthumus gave the specific source of the price, the information has been included in the on-screen note of MEMDB ("BLARO" refers to Brokers' Lists from the Amsterdam Record Office; for other abbreviations, see Posthumus).

Posthumus listed only monthly quotations, chosen from the list that appeared on the 15th day of each month, or as close as possible to this date. The quotations are given with the relevant weight or measure, and Posthumus indicated when the unit of measure changed, in some cases switching to a new series when one unit of measure replaced another. The prices were actually quoted in guilders, stuivers, and penningen(1 gulden = 20 stuivers = 320 penningen); or sometimes in Flemish pounds, shillings and pennies (1 pond = 20 schellingen = 240 groten); or, for grain prices, in "goudguldens" of 28 stuivers. Quotations in bank money ('banco'; currency of the Amsterdam Wisselbank) begin as early as 1634 and enter general use in 1683.

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Month / Year: 1675
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
10 / 1675 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 196.00 Guilders
10 / 1675 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 38.00 Guilders
10 / 1675 Sherry Syrese Secken tun 258.00 Guilders 39
10 / 1675 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 36.00 Guilders
10 / 1675 Small Pepper Kleine peper Pound 0.65 Guilders 29
10 / 1675 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.28 Guilders
10 / 1675 Smyrna Gallnuts Smirna Galnoten 100 pounds 29.50 Guilders 9
10 / 1675 Sole-Leather Zoolleer pound 0.81 Guilders
11 / 1675 Soria Segovia wool Soria Segovia wol pound 1.23 Guilders
10 / 1675 Spanish Iron Spaansch Ijzer 100 pounds 7.25 Guilders 5
10 / 1675 Split Stockfish Roodschaar 100 pounds 8.50 Guilders
10 / 1675 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 426.00 Guilders
10 / 1675 Starch Stijfsel 100 pounds 14.75 Guilders
10 / 1675 Steermark Steel Stiermarksch Staal bundle 23.50 Guilders
4 / 1675 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 11.38 Guilders 87
10 / 1675 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 10.50 Guilders 87
10 / 1675 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 6.38 Guilders 91
10 / 1675 The Best Bear's Foot Ashes De Beste Berenklauwasch last 390.00 Guilders 80
10 / 1675 The Best Dantzig Potash De Beste Dantziger Potasch 100 pounds 14.55 Guilders
10 / 1675 Train-Oil Spektraan 100 pounds 27.75 Guilders 13
10 / 1675 Treacle Suikersiroop pound 8.78 Guilders 90
10 / 1675 Unbleached Hondschoote Serges, 3 Seals Ongebleekte Hondschootsche Saaien, 3 Looden piece 21.68 Guilders
10 / 1675 Valence Almonds Valencia Amandelen 100 pounds 33.00 Guilders 72
10 / 1675 Varinas Tobacco Varinas Tabak pound 1.03 Guilders 93
10 / 1675 Venetian Turpentine Venetiaansche Terpentijn 100 pounds 43.00 Guilders
Month / Year: 1676
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
4 / 1676 Aix-la-Chapelle Kettles Ketels van Aken 100 pounds 60.50 Guilders
4 / 1676 Amsterdam Civet Amsterdamsche Civet ounce 21.50 Guilders
4 / 1676 Baltic Tallow Oostersche Talk 100 pounds 19.50 Guilders
4 / 1676 Bologna Organzine Bologneesche Organsijn pound 19.20 Guilders
4 / 1676 Brass-Wire Koperdraad 100 pounds 64.00 Guilders
4 / 1676 Bullets Kogels ship-pound 9.00 Guilders
4 / 1676 Card-Thread (Maestricht) Kaardendraad (Maastrichtsch) 100 pounds 36.00 Guilders
4 / 1676 Cinnamon of the East India Co. Compagnies Kaneel pound 3.25 Guilders
4 / 1676 Cyprus Cotton Cypersche Katoen pound 0.38 Guilders
4 / 1676 Danish Hides Deensche Huiden pound 0.23 Guilders
4 / 1676 English Block-tin Engelsch Bloktin 100 pounds 46.00 Guilders
4 / 1676 Fine Grey Pommeranian Wool Fijne Grijze Pommersche Wol 100 pounds 40.50 Guilders
4 / 1676 First quality Molina and Castilian wool Prima Molina en Castilla wol pound 0.88 Guilders
4 / 1676 First quality Segovia wool Prima Segovia wol pound 1.35 Guilders
4 / 1676 French Wine of the Highlands Fransche Hooglandsche Wijn tun 150.00 Guilders
4 / 1676 Frisian Winter-Barley Friesche Wintergerst last 121.80 Guilders
4 / 1676 Full Herring Volle Haring last 132.00 Guilders 19
4 / 1676 Gatimalo Indigo Guatimalo Indigo pound 2.33 Guilders 48
4 / 1676 Genoese Oil Genueesche Olie tun 516.00 Guilders 36
4 / 1676 German Tartar Duitsche Wijnsteen 100 pounds 22.50 Guilders 2
4 / 1676 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 25.00 Guilders 8
4 / 1676 Hamburg Sheet-copper Hamburgsch Bladkoper 100 pounds 66.00 Guilders 25
4 / 1676 Iron-Wire Ijerdraad 100 pounds 2.00 Guilders
4 / 1676 Konigsberg Rye Koningsberger rogge last 182.00 Guilders
4 / 1676 Lemons Citroenen 100 pounds 40.00 Guilders