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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: 1692
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
6 / 1692 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 30.50 Guilders
6 / 1692 Riga crushed linseed Riga slaglijnzaad tun 5.88 Guilders
6 / 1692 Riga hempseed Riga hennepzaad tun 4.33 Guilders
6 / 1692 Rope-Yarn of Clean Hemp Kabelgaren van Rein-Hennep ship-pound 35.00 Guilders
6 / 1692 Sail-Yarn Zeilgaren 100 pounds 19.50 Guilders
6 / 1692 Sappan Wood Sappan Hout 100 pounds 18.25 Guilders 23
6 / 1692 Sherry Syrese Secken tun 330.00 Guilders 39
6 / 1692 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 33.00 Guilders
6 / 1692 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.68 Guilders
6 / 1692 Smyrna Cotton Yarns Smirnasche Katoenen Garens pound 0.95 Guilders
6 / 1692 Smyrna Gallnuts Smirna Galnoten 100 pounds 34.00 Guilders 9
6 / 1692 Sole-Leather Zoolleer pound 0.45 Guilders
6 / 1692 Soria Segovia wool Soria Segovia wol pound 1.63 Banco
6 / 1692 Spanish Iron Spaansch Ijzer 100 pounds 6.25 Guilders 5
6 / 1692 Split Stockfish Roodschaar 100 pounds 7.50 Guilders
6 / 1692 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 588.00 Guilders
6 / 1692 Starch Stijfsel 100 pounds 8.25 Guilders
6 / 1692 Steermark Steel Stiermarksch Staal bundle 23.50 Guilders
6 / 1692 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 7.00 Guilders 87
6 / 1692 Surinam Sugar Surinaamsche suiker pound 0.17 Guilders 12
6 / 1692 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 59.00 Guilders 4
6 / 1692 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 6.00 Guilders 91
6 / 1692 Tanni Silk A Tanni Zijde A pound 7.54 Guilders 44
6 / 1692 The Best Konigsberg Bear's Foot Ashes De Beste Koningsberger Berenklauwasch last 315.00 Guilders 80
6 / 1692 Thorn Wool Thornsche Wol 100 pounds 43.50 Guilders
6 / 1692 Tonkin Musk Muscus van Tonkin ounce 8.50 Guilders
6 / 1692 Train-Oil Spektraan quarter 54.00 Guilders 13
6 / 1692 Treacle Suikersiroop pound 11.70 Guilders 90
6 / 1692 Unbleached Hondschoote Serges, 3 Seals Ongebleekte Hondschootsche Saaien, 3 Looden piece 19.88 Guilders
6 / 1692 Valence Almonds Valencia Amandelen 100 pounds 28.50 Guilders 72
6 / 1692 Varinas Tobacco Varinas Tabak pound 1.80 Guilders 93
6 / 1692 Venetian Turpentine Venetiaansche Terpentijn 100 pounds 39.00 Guilders
Month / Year: 1693
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
8 / 1693 Lemons Citroenen 100 pounds 70.00 Guilders
8 / 1693 Marseilles Soap Marseillaansche Zeep 100 pounds 26.50 Guilders 78
8 / 1693 Alicante Anise Alicantsche Anijs 100 pounds 21.50 Guilders 76
8 / 1693 Cocoa Cacao pound 0.93 Guilders 55
Month / Year: 1694
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
7 / 1694 Virginian Tobacco leaves Virginia Tabaksbladen pound 0.24 Guilders
7 / 1694 Warder wheat Warder tarwe last 207.20 Guilders
7 / 1694 Whale-bones Walvischbaarden 100 pounds 160.00 Guilders
7 / 1694 White (dry) Ginger Witte (droge) Gember 100 pounds 32.00 Guilders 7
7 / 1694 White Candy Witte Kandij pound 0.61 Guilders 30
7 / 1694 White Pepper Witte Peper Pound 0.64 Guilders 27
7 / 1694 White forage-oats Witte voerhaver last 56.70 Guilders
7 / 1694 White-Lead Loodwit 100 pounds 7.50 Guilders 6
7 / 1694 Yellow Wood Geelhout 100 pounds 6.75 Guilders 26
7 / 1694 Yufts Juchten pound 0.56 Guilders 46
7 / 1694 Zealand, Flemish & Overmaas Coleseed Zeeuwsch, Vlaamsch en Overmaasch Koolzaad last 262.50 Guilders
4 / 1694 Alicante Anise Alicantsche Anijs 100 pounds 24.50 Guilders 76
7 / 1694 Baltic (Dry) Wax Oostersche (Droge) Was 100 pounds 61.00 Guilders 11
7 / 1694 Black (or brown) peper Zwarte (of bruine) peper Pound 0.42 Guilders 29