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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 Corn Brandy Korenbrandewijn aum 20.50 Guilders 68
11 / 1722 East Indian Saltpetre Oostindische Salpeter 100 pounds 30.00 Guilders 1
11 / 1722 English Alum Engelsch Aluin 100 pounds 9.90 Guilders 42
11 / 1722 English Copperas Engelsch Koperrood (Couperose) 100 pounds 2.78 Guilders 51
11 / 1722 English Lead Engelsch Lood 100 pounds 7.20 Guilders 65
11 / 1722 Fine Silver Fijn Zilver mark 24.20 Guilders 84
11 / 1722 Floret Yarn A Floret Garen A pound 6.75 Guilders 43
11 / 1722 French Bordeaux Wine Fransche Bordeauxwijn tun 93.00 Guilders 37
11 / 1722 Native Tobacco leaves Inlandsche Tabaksbladen 100 pounds 11.50 Guilders 82
11 / 1722 Native Wax Inlandsche Was 100 pounds 74.25 Guilders 10
11 / 1722 Norwegian cod-liver oil Noordsche levertraan tun 21.25 Guilders 13
11 / 1722 Nutmeg Noten pound 3.75 Guilders 49
11 / 1722 Pernambuco Wood Pernambuco Hout 100 pounds 17.25 Guilders 77
11 / 1722 Preserved Ginger Geconfijte Gember Pound 0.91 Guilders 28
11 / 1722 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 26.50 Guilders 88
11 / 1722 Refined Borax Geraffineerde Borax pound 1.38 Guilders 50
11 / 1722 Refined Camphor Geraffineerde Kamfer pound 3.00 Guilders 57
11 / 1722 Refined Sulphur Geraffineerde Zwavel 100 pounds 7.13 Guilders 20
11 / 1722 Roman Alum Roomsch Aluin 100 pounds 12.75 Guilders 3
11 / 1722 San Domingo sugar San Domingo suiker pound 0.14 Guilders 34
11 / 1722 White Salt Wit Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 372.00 Guilders 41
11 / 1722 Andalusian wool Andalusia wol pound 1.08 Banco Guilders
11 / 1722 Fine Segovia Leon wool Fijne Segovia Leonesas wol pound 1.75 Banco Guilders
Month / Year: 1728
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
4 / 1728 Virginian Tobacco leaves Virginia Tabaksbladen pound 0.24 Guilders
4 / 1728 Warder wheat Warder tarwe last 135.80 Guilders
4 / 1728 Washed Segovia Lamb's wool Gewasschen Segovia Lamswol 100 pounds 112.50 Guilders
4 / 1728 Whale-bones Walvischbaarden 100 pounds 181.00 Guilders
4 / 1728 White (dry) Ginger Witte (droge) Gember 100 pounds 11.00 Guilders 7
4 / 1728 White Candy Witte Kandij pound 0.53 Guilders 30
4 / 1728 White Pepper Witte Peper Pound 0.94 Guilders 27
4 / 1728 White forage-oats Witte voerhaver last 49.00 Guilders
4 / 1728 White-Lead Loodwit 100 pounds 10.13 Guilders 6
4 / 1728 Yellow Wood Geelhout 100 pounds 2.00 Guilders 26
4 / 1728 Yufts Juchten pound 0.61 Guilders 46
4 / 1728 Zealand and Flemish white old wheat Zeeuwsche en Vlaamsche witte, oude tarwe last 184.80 Guilders
4 / 1728 Zealand, Flemish & Overmaas Coleseed Zeeuwsch, Vlaamsch en Overmaasch Koolzaad last 157.50 Guilders
4 / 1728 Alicante Anise Alicantsche Anijs 100 pounds 18.00 Guilders 76
4 / 1728 Apulian oil Olie van Puglia tun 261.00 Guilders 35
4 / 1728 Baltic (Dry) Wax Oostersche (Droge) Was 100 pounds 65.00 Guilders 11
4 / 1728 Black (or brown) peper Zwarte (of bruine) peper Pound 0.68 Guilders 29
4 / 1728 Bordeaux Brandy Bordeaux Brandewijn 30 double gallons 75.75 Guilders 38
4 / 1728 Bordeaux Honey bordeaux Honig tun 151.50 Guilders 92
5 / 1728 Brazilian Hides Braziliaansche Huiden pound 0.24 Guilders 61
4 / 1728 Cadix Salt Cadix Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 252.00 Guilders
4 / 1728 Caliatour Wood Caliatour Hout 100 pounds 10.00 Guilders 24
4 / 1728 Caracas Cocoa Caracas Cacao pound 0.66 Guilders 55
4 / 1728 Cloves Nagelen pound 3.75 Guilders 16
4 / 1728 Common Madder Gemeene Meekrap 100 pounds 11.25 Guilders 75
4 / 1728 Corn Brandy Korenbrandewijn aum 26.25 Guilders 68
4 / 1728 East Indian Saltpetre Oostindische Salpeter 100 pounds 20.00 Guilders 1