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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: 1728
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
4 / 1728 Norwegian Garcopper Noorsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 65.25 Guilders
4 / 1728 Opium Opium pound 4.25 Guilders
4 / 1728 Ordinary Ermine Serges, 3 Seals, 13 pounds Ordinaire Armijnsaaien, 3 Looden, 13 Pond piece 19.95 Guilders
4 / 1728 Petersburg Clean Hemp St. Petersburger Reinhennep ship-pound 29.00 Guilders
4 / 1728 Polish Summer Wool Poolsche Zomerwol pound 0.43 Guilders
4 / 1728 Polish wheat Poolsche tarwe last 149.47 Guilders
4 / 1728 Pommeranian Wool Pommersche Wol 100 pounds 24.50 Guilders
4 / 1728 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 117.60 Guilders
5 / 1728 Refined Sugar Raffinade pound 0.34 Guilders
4 / 1728 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 32.75 Guilders
4 / 1728 Riga crushed linseed Riga slaglijnzaad tun 4.88 Guilders
4 / 1728 Riga hempseed Riga hennepzaad tun 4.50 Guilders
4 / 1728 Rope-Yarn of Clean Hemp Kabelgaren van Rein-Hennep ship-pound 39.00 Guilders
4 / 1728 Sail-Yarn Zeilgaren 100 pounds 22.00 Guilders
4 / 1728 Sappan Wood of Siam Sappanhout van Siam 100 pounds 5.88 Guilders 23
4 / 1728 Sherry Syrese Secken tun 144.00 Guilders 39
4 / 1728 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 45.50 Guilders
4 / 1728 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.36 Guilders
4 / 1728 Smyrna Cotton Yarns Smirnasche Katoenen Garens pound 0.63 Guilders
4 / 1728 Smyrna Gallnuts Smirna Galnoten 100 pounds 35.00 Guilders 9
4 / 1728 Snuff Snuiftabak pound 0.29 Guilders
4 / 1728 Soda Soda 100 pounds 5.25 Guilders 95
4 / 1728 Sole-leather of Native Backs Zoolleer van Inlandsche Ruggen pound 0.40 Guilders
4 / 1728 Soria Segovia wool Soria Segovia wol pound 1.70 Banco
4 / 1728 Spanish Iron Spaansch Ijzer 100 pounds 7.13 Guilders 5
4 / 1728 Spelter Spiauter 100 pounds 36.50 Guilders
4 / 1728 Split Stockfish Roodschaar 100 pounds 7.50 Guilders
4 / 1728 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 288.00 Guilders
4 / 1728 Starch Stijfsel 100 pounds 9.13 Guilders
4 / 1728 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 6.50 Guilders 87
4 / 1728 Surinam Sugar Surinaamsche suiker pound 0.14 Guilders 12
4 / 1728 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 6.88 Guilders 91
4 / 1728 Swedish Steel Zweedsch Staal 100 pounds 13.00 Guilders
4 / 1728 Tanni Silk A Tanni Zijde A pound 6.30 Guilders 44
4 / 1728 The Best Dantzig Potash De Beste Dantziger Potasch 100 pounds 13.20 Guilders
4 / 1728 Thorn Wool Thornsche Wol 100 pounds 33.50 Guilders
4 / 1728 Tonkin Musk Muscus van Tonkin ounce 9.50 Guilders
4 / 1728 Train-Oil Spektraan quarter 46.75 Guilders 13
4 / 1728 Tuticorin Cotton Yarns Katoenen Garens van Tuticorin pound 2.45 Guilders
4 / 1728 Valence Almonds Valencia Amandelen 100 pounds 21.00 Guilders 72
4 / 1728 Varinas Tobacco Varinas Tabak pound 2.90 Guilders 93
4 / 1728 Venetian Turpentine Venetiaansche Terpentijn 100 pounds 26.00 Guilders
Month / Year: 1731
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
5 / 1731 Aix-la-Chapelle and Namur Kettles Ketels van Aken en Namen 100 pounds 65.00 Guilders
5 / 1731 Aleppo Camel-hair Aleppo Kameelhaar pound 1.90 Guilders
5 / 1731 Amsterdam Civet Amsterdamsche Civet ounce 12.00 Guilders
5 / 1731 Antioch Silk Antiochische Zijde pound 5.85 Guilders
5 / 1731 Ardasse Silk Ardassette Zijde pound 5.18 Guilders
5 / 1731 Baltic Tallow Oostersche Talk 100 pounds 15.25 Guilders
5 / 1731 Basins Bekkens 100 pounds 63.25 Guilders
5 / 1731 Black Folded Latten Zwart Gevouwen Latoen 100 pounds 65.50 Guilders