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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: 1722
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
11 / 1722 Sail-Yarn Zeilgaren 100 pounds 23.25 Guilders
11 / 1722 Sappan Wood of Siam Sappanhout van Siam 100 pounds 8.75 Guilders 23
11 / 1722 Sherry Syrese Secken tun 318.00 Guilders 39
11 / 1722 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 45.00 Guilders
11 / 1722 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.36 Guilders
11 / 1722 Smyrna Gallnuts Smirna Galnoten 100 pounds 61.50 Guilders 9
11 / 1722 Snuff Snuiftabak pound 0.36 Guilders
11 / 1722 Soria Segovia wool Soria Segovia wol pound 1.58 Banco
11 / 1722 Spanish Iron Spaansch Ijzer 100 pounds 6.25 Guilders 5
11 / 1722 Spelter Spiauter 100 pounds 25.00 Guilders
11 / 1722 Split Stockfish Roodschaar 100 pounds 8.00 Guilders
11 / 1722 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 348.00 Guilders
11 / 1722 Starch Stijfsel 100 pounds 7.63 Guilders
11 / 1722 Steermark Steel Stiermarksch Staal bundle 19.00 Guilders
11 / 1722 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 6.75 Guilders 87
11 / 1722 Surinam Sugar Surinaamsche suiker pound 0.13 Guilders 12
11 / 1722 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 59.00 Guilders 4
11 / 1722 Tanni Silk A Tanni Zijde A pound 7.27 Guilders 44
11 / 1722 The Best Dantzig Potash De Beste Dantziger Potasch 100 pounds 10.20 Guilders
11 / 1722 Thorn Wool Thornsche Wol 100 pounds 35.00 Guilders
11 / 1722 Tonkin Musk Muscus van Tonkin ounce 7.50 Guilders
11 / 1722 Train-Oil Spektraan quarter 29.25 Guilders 13
11 / 1722 Tuticorin Cotton Yarns Katoenen Garens van Tuticorin pound 2.40 Guilders
11 / 1722 Valence Almonds Valencia Amandelen 100 pounds 25.00 Guilders 72
11 / 1722 Varinas Tobacco Varinas Tabak pound 2.70 Guilders 93
11 / 1722 Venetian Turpentine Venetiaansche Terpentijn 100 pounds 30.00 Guilders
11 / 1722 Virginian Tobacco leaves Virginia Tabaksbladen pound 0.25 Guilders
11 / 1722 Warder wheat Warder tarwe last 119.00 Guilders
11 / 1722 Washed Segovia Lamb's wool Gewasschen Segovia Lamswol 100 pounds 117.50 Guilders
11 / 1722 Whale-bones Walvischbaarden 100 pounds 115.00 Guilders
11 / 1722 White (dry) Ginger Witte (droge) Gember 100 pounds 13.00 Guilders 7
11 / 1722 White Candy Witte Kandij pound 0.51 Guilders 30
11 / 1722 White Pepper Witte Peper Pound 1.05 Guilders 27
11 / 1722 White forage-oats Witte voerhaver last 36.40 Guilders
11 / 1722 White-Lead Loodwit 100 pounds 8.88 Guilders 6
12 / 1722 Yellow Wood Geelhout 100 pounds 3.88 Guilders 26
11 / 1722 Yufts Juchten pound 0.74 Guilders 46
11 / 1722 Zealand, Flemish & Overmaas Coleseed Zeeuwsch, Vlaamsch en Overmaasch Koolzaad last 136.50 Guilders
11 / 1722 Alicante Anise Alicantsche Anijs 100 pounds 18.50 Guilders 76
11 / 1722 Apulian oil Olie van Puglia tun 360.00 Guilders 35
11 / 1722 Baltic (Dry) Wax Oostersche (Droge) Was 100 pounds 71.75 Guilders 11
11 / 1722 Black (or brown) peper Zwarte (of bruine) peper Pound 0.69 Guilders 29
11 / 1722 Bordeaux Brandy Bordeaux Brandewijn 30 double gallons 54.75 Guilders 38
11 / 1722 Bordeaux Honey bordeaux Honig tun 177.00 Guilders 92
11 / 1722 Brazilian Hides Braziliaansche Huiden pound 0.34 Guilders 61
11 / 1722 Cadix Salt Cadix Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 270.00 Guilders
11 / 1722 Caliatour Wood Caliatour Hout 100 pounds 22.88 Guilders 24
11 / 1722 Caracas Cocoa Caracas Cacao pound 0.41 Guilders 55
11 / 1722 Cloves Nagelen pound 3.75 Guilders 16
11 / 1722 Common Madder Gemeene Meekrap 100 pounds 9.00 Guilders 75