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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: 1719
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
7 / 1719 Iron-Wire nr.0 Ijzerdraad no.0 100 pounds 1.63 Guilders
7 / 1719 Java Cotton Yarns Javaansche Katoenen Garens pound 1.73 Guilders
7 / 1719 Java Indigo Java Indigo pound 2.88 Guilders 47
7 / 1719 Konigsberg Rye Koningsberger rogge last 110.60 Guilders
7 / 1719 Konigsberg wheat Koningsberger tarwe last 130.20 Guilders
7 / 1719 Lemons Citroenen 100 pounds 52.50 Guilders
7 / 1719 Liege Rods Luiksche Roeden 100 pounds 6.00 Guilders
7 / 1719 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 40.50 Guilders 64
7 / 1719 Long Prunes Lange Pruimen 100 pounds 5.55 Guilders
7 / 1719 Long Raisins Lange Rozijnen 100 pounds 11.25 Guilders 71
7 / 1719 Luneberg and Bremer Shorn Wool Luneburger en Bremer Schoorwol 100 pounds 31.50 Guilders
7 / 1719 Mace Foelie pound 6.04 Guilders 86
7 / 1719 Marseilles Soap Marseillaansche Zeep 100 pounds 21.75 Guilders 78
7 / 1719 Matie Maatjesharing last 162.50 Guilders
7 / 1719 Mercury Kwikzilver pound 2.20 Guilders 58
7 / 1719 Mexican Cochineal Mexicaansche Cochenille pound 14.25 Guilders 14
7 / 1719 Milanese Rice Milaansche rijst 100 pounds 9.00 Guilders
7 / 1719 Milanese Tram-silk Milaansche Tramzijde pound 10.20 Guilders
7 / 1719 Molina wool Molina wol pound 1.33 Banco
7 / 1719 Muscovados Moscovades pound 0.20 Guilders 33
7 / 1719 Muscovite Tar Moscovisch Teer last 151.50 Guilders
7 / 1719 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun 25.25 Guilders 81
7 / 1719 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.13 Guilders
7 / 1719 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 20.00 Guilders
7 / 1719 Norwegian Garcopper Noorsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 68.00 Guilders
7 / 1719 Opium Opium pound 3.88 Guilders
7 / 1719 Petersburg Clean Hemp St. Petersburger Reinhennep ship-pound 36.00 Guilders
7 / 1719 Polish Summer Wool Poolsche Zomerwol pound 0.50 Guilders
7 / 1719 Polish wheat Poolsche tarwe last 151.20 Guilders
7 / 1719 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 114.10 Guilders
7 / 1719 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 48.00 Guilders
7 / 1719 Riga crushed linseed Riga slaglijnzaad tun 5.75 Guilders
7 / 1719 Riga hempseed Riga hennepzaad tun 5.63 Guilders
7 / 1719 Rope-Yarn of Clean Hemp Kabelgaren van Rein-Hennep ship-pound 53.00 Guilders
7 / 1719 Sail-Yarn Zeilgaren 100 pounds 20.50 Guilders
7 / 1719 Sappan Wood of Siam Sappanhout van Siam 100 pounds 9.00 Guilders 23
7 / 1719 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 44.50 Guilders
7 / 1719 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.34 Guilders
7 / 1719 Smyrna Cotton Yarns Smirnasche Katoenen Garens pound 0.50 Guilders
7 / 1719 Smyrna Gallnuts Smirna Galnoten 100 pounds 39.50 Guilders 9
7 / 1719 Snuff Snuiftabak pound 0.38 Guilders
7 / 1719 Sole-leather of Native Backs Zoolleer van Inlandsche Ruggen pound 0.44 Guilders
7 / 1719 Soria Segovia wool Soria Segovia wol pound 1.63 Banco
7 / 1719 Spanish Iron Spaansch Ijzer 100 pounds 7.25 Guilders 5
7 / 1719 Split Stockfish Roodschaar 100 pounds 7.00 Guilders
7 / 1719 Starch Stijfsel 100 pounds 8.50 Guilders
7 / 1719 Steermark Steel Stiermarksch Staal bundle 17.00 Guilders
8 / 1719 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 9.00 Guilders 87
7 / 1719 Surinam Sugar Surinaamsche suiker pound 0.15 Guilders 12
2 / 1719 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 68.00 Guilders 4