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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: 1682
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
4 / 1682 Figs Vijgen 100 pounds 8.75 Guilders 13
4 / 1682 Fine Refined Sugar Fijne Faffinade pound 0.33 Guilders 32
4 / 1682 French Bordeaux Wine Fransche Bordeauxwijn tun 84.00 Guilders 37
4 / 1682 Native Tobacco leaves Inlandsche Tabaksbladen 100 pounds 16.00 Guilders 82
4 / 1682 Native Wax Inlandsche Was 100 pounds 72.75 Guilders 10
4 / 1682 New English Saffron Nieuw Engelsch Saffraan pound 18.50 Guilders 69
4 / 1682 Pernambuco Wood Pernambuco Hout 100 pounds 34.00 Guilders 77
4 / 1682 Preserved Ginger of the East India Co. Geconfijte Compagnies Gember Pound 0.54 Guilders 28
4 / 1682 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 34.00 Guilders 88
4 / 1682 Refined Borax Geraffineerde Borax pound 0.73 Guilders 50
4 / 1682 Refined Camphor Geraffineerde Kamfer pound 5.50 Guilders 57
4 / 1682 Roman Alum Roomsch Aluin 100 pounds 10.50 Guilders 3
Month / Year: 1683
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
11 / 1683 Virginian Tobacco leaves Virginia Tabaksbladen pound 0.24 Guilders
11 / 1683 Warder wheat Warder tarwe last 119.00 Guilders
11 / 1683 Washed Segovia Lamb's wool Gewasschen Segovia Lamswol 100 pounds 95.00 Guilders
11 / 1683 Whale-bones Walvischbaarden 100 pounds 29.00 Guilders
11 / 1683 White (dry) Ginger Witte (droge) Gember 100 pounds 14.00 Guilders 7
11 / 1683 White Candy Witte Kandij pound 0.58 Guilders 30
4 / 1683 White brew-oats Witte brouwhaver last 77.00 Guilders
11 / 1683 White brew-oats Witte brouwhaver last 54.60 Guilders
11 / 1683 White forage-oats Witte voerhaver last 40.60 Guilders
11 / 1683 White-Lead Loodwit 100 pounds 8.75 Guilders 6
11 / 1683 Yellow Wood Geelhout 100 pounds 2.60 Guilders 26
11 / 1683 Yufts Juchten pound 0.56 Guilders 46
11 / 1683 Alicante Anise Alicantsche Anijs 100 pounds 24.50 Guilders 76
11 / 1683 Apulian oil Olie van Puglia tun 360.00 Guilders 35
11 / 1683 Baltic (Dry) Wax Oostersche (Droge) Was 100 pounds 66.75 Guilders 11
11 / 1683 Black (or brown) peper Zwarte (of bruine) peper Pound 0.35 Guilders 29
11 / 1683 Bordeaux Brandy Bordeaux Brandewijn 30 double gallons 67.50 Guilders 38
11 / 1683 Bordeaux Honey bordeaux Honig tun 163.50 Guilders 92
11 / 1683 Brazilian Hides Braziliaansche Huiden pound 0.36 Guilders 61
11 / 1683 Cadix Salt Cadix Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 240.00 Guilders
11 / 1683 Caliatour Wood Caliatour Hout 100 pounds 15.00 Guilders 24
11 / 1683 Cloves in various qualities Nagelen in soorten pound 3.75 Guilders 16
11 / 1683 Cocoa Cacao pound 0.63 Guilders 55
11 / 1683 Common Madder Gemeene Meekrap 100 pounds 16.00 Guilders 75
11 / 1683 East Indian Saltpetre Oostindische Salpeter 100 pounds 21.00 Guilders 1
11 / 1683 English Alum Engelsch Aluin 100 pounds 7.50 Guilders 42
11 / 1683 English Copperas Engelsch Koperrood (Couperose) 100 pounds 3.13 Guilders 51
11 / 1683 English Lead Engelsch Lood 100 pounds 6.90 Guilders 65
11 / 1683 Figs Vijgen 100 pounds 8.75 Guilders 13
11 / 1683 Fine Refined Sugar Fijne Faffinade pound 0.32 Guilders 32
11 / 1683 French Bordeaux Wine Fransche Bordeauxwijn tun 114.00 Guilders 37
11 / 1683 Native Tobacco leaves Inlandsche Tabaksbladen 100 pounds 16.00 Guilders 82
11 / 1683 Native Wax Inlandsche Was 100 pounds 66.00 Guilders 10
11 / 1683 New English Saffron Nieuw Engelsch Saffraan pound 11.50 Guilders 69
11 / 1683 Norwegian cod-liver oil Noordsche levertraan tun 18.00 Guilders 13
11 / 1683 Nutmeg Noten pound 3.40 Guilders 49
11 / 1683 Pernambuco Wood Pernambuco Hout 100 pounds 34.00 Guilders 77
11 / 1683 Preserved Ginger Geconfijte Gember Pound 0.43 Guilders 28