Skip to main content

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.

103780 matches of 103780 were found for your query.
Month, between
Year Between
Month / Year: 1682
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
4 / 1682 First quality Segovia wool Prima Segovia wol pound 1.48 Guilders
4 / 1682 French Wine of the Highlands Fransche Hooglandsche Wijn tun 132.00 Guilders
4 / 1682 Frisian Winter-Barley Friesche Wintergerst last 86.10 Guilders
4 / 1682 Full Herring Volle Haring last 100.00 Guilders 19
4 / 1682 Gatimalo Indigo Guatimalo Indigo pound 2.10 Guilders 48
4 / 1682 Genoese Oil Genueesche Olie tun 426.00 Guilders 36
4 / 1682 German Tartar Duitsche Wijnsteen 100 pounds 19.50 Guilders 2
4 / 1682 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 26.50 Guilders 8
4 / 1682 Hamburg Sheet-copper Hamburgsch Bladkoper 100 pounds 65.00 Guilders 25
4 / 1682 Iron-Wire Ijerdraad 100 pounds 1.60 Guilders
4 / 1682 Konigsberg Rye Koningsberger rogge last 83.06 Guilders
4 / 1682 Konigsberg wheat Koningsberger tarwe last 136.50 Guilders
4 / 1682 Lemons Citroenen 100 pounds 35.00 Guilders
4 / 1682 Leyden Black Naturel Serges, 5 Seals Leidsche Zwarte Naturel Saaien, 5 Looden piece 26.40 Guilders
4 / 1682 Leyden Bombasines, Overlookers Leidsche Bombazijnen, Overkijkers piece 16.50 Guilders
4 / 1682 Leyden Bombasines, Reduced Overlookers Leidsche Bombazijnen, Vervallen Overkijkers piece 15.50 Guilders
4 / 1682 Leyden Double Gentlemen's Crown Serges Leidsche Dubbele Heerensaaien Kronen piece 65.00 Guilders
4 / 1682 Leyden Double Gentlemen's Crown Serges, 1 Seal Leidsche Dubbele Heerensaaien Kronen, 1 Lood piece 33.00 Guilders
4 / 1682 Leyden Double Gentlemen's Crown Serges, Reduced Leidsche Dubbele Heerensaaien Kronen, Vervallen piece 63.00 Guilders
4 / 1682 Leyden Double Gentlemen's Crown Serges, Reduced, 2 Seals Leidsche Dubbele Heerensaaien Kronen, Vervallen, 2 Looden piece 36.25 Guilders
4 / 1682 Leyden Double Gentlemen's Crown Serges, Reduced, 3 Seals Leidsche Dubbele Heerensaaien Kronen, Vervallen, 3 Looden piece 37.50 Guilders
4 / 1682 Leyden Ermine Serges, 1 Seal Leidsche Armijnsaaien, 1 Lood piece 24.30 Guilders
4 / 1682 Leyden Fustians with the L Leidsche Fusteinen met de L piece 9.90 Guilders
4 / 1682 Leyden Fustians, Double Lions Leidsche Fusteinen, Dubbele Leeuwen piece 11.10 Guilders
4 / 1682 Leyden Fustians, Single Lions Leidsche Fusteinen, Enkele Leeuwen piece 10.50 Guilders
4 / 1682 Leyden Naturel Serges, 4 Seals Leidsche Naturel Saaien, 4 Looden piece 25.80 Guilders
4 / 1682 Leyden Single Gentlemen's Crown Serges Leidsche Enkele Heerensaaien Kronen piece 32.50 Guilders
4 / 1682 Leyden Single Gentlemen's Crown Serges, Reduced Leidsche Enkele Heerensaaien Kronen, Vervallen piece 31.50 Guilders
4 / 1682 Leyden Single Gentlemen's Crown Serges, Reduced, 1 Seal Leidsche Enkele Heerensaaien Kronen, Vervallen, 1 Lood piece 16.50 Guilders
4 / 1682 Liege Rods Luiksche Roeden 100 pounds 5.63 Guilders
4 / 1682 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 34.00 Guilders 64
4 / 1682 Loaf-sugar Melissuiker pound 0.30 Guilders 89
4 / 1682 Long Prunes Lange Pruimen 100 pounds 5.40 Guilders
4 / 1682 Long Raisins Lange Rozijnen 100 pounds 17.50 Guilders 71
4 / 1682 Marseilles Soap Marseillaansche Zeep 100 pounds 22.50 Guilders 78
4 / 1682 Matie Maatjesharing last 75.00 Guilders
4 / 1682 Mercury Kwikzilver pound 1.80 Guilders 58
4 / 1682 Mexican Cochineal Mexicaansche Cochenille pound 12.00 Guilders 14
4 / 1682 Milanese Rice Milaansche rijst 100 pounds 9.15 Guilders
4 / 1682 Milanese Tram-silk Milaansche Tramzijde pound 10.35 Guilders
4 / 1682 Muscovados Moscovades pound 0.19 Guilders 33
4 / 1682 Musk Muscus ounce 16.50 Guilders
4 / 1682 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun 24.50 Guilders 81
4 / 1682 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.14 Guilders
4 / 1682 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 17.25 Guilders
4 / 1682 Norwegian Garcopper Noorsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 51.00 Guilders
4 / 1682 Paternoster Flax Paternoster Vlas ship-pound 44.00 Guilders
4 / 1682 Polish Summer Wool Poolsche Zomerwol pound 0.53 Guilders
4 / 1682 Polish wheat Poolsche tarwe last 146.30 Guilders
4 / 1682 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 93.34 Guilders