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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: 1731
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
5 / 1731 Ordinary Buoy Tea Ordinaire Boei Thee pound 1.75 Guilders 56
5 / 1731 Pernambuco Wood Pernambuco Hout 100 pounds 16.50 Guilders 77
5 / 1731 Preserved Ginger Geconfijte Gember Pound 0.78 Guilders 28
5 / 1731 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 26.50 Guilders 88
5 / 1731 Refined Borax Geraffineerde Borax pound 1.23 Guilders 50
5 / 1731 Refined Sulphur Geraffineerde Zwavel 100 pounds 5.75 Guilders 20
5 / 1731 Roman Alum Roomsch Aluin 100 pounds 10.35 Guilders 3
5 / 1731 San Domingo sugar San Domingo suiker pound 0.13 Guilders 34
5 / 1731 White Salt Wit Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 420.00 Guilders 41
5 / 1731 Andalusian wool Andalusia wol pound 0.95 Banco Guilders
5 / 1731 Fine Segovia Leon wool Fijne Segovia Leonesas wol pound 1.68 Banco Guilders
Month / Year: 1732
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
12 / 1732 Virginian Tobacco leaves Virginia Tabaksbladen pound 0.20 Guilders
12 / 1732 Warder wheat Warder tarwe last 102.20 Guilders
12 / 1732 Washed Segovia Lamb's wool Gewasschen Segovia Lamswol 100 pounds 95.00 Guilders
12 / 1732 Whale-bones Walvischbaarden 100 pounds 265.00 Guilders
12 / 1732 White (dry) Ginger Witte (droge) Gember 100 pounds 31.50 Guilders 7
12 / 1732 White Candy Witte Kandij pound 0.46 Guilders 30
12 / 1732 White Pepper Witte Peper Pound 0.75 Guilders 27
12 / 1732 White forage-oats Witte voerhaver last 37.80 Guilders
12 / 1732 White-Lead Loodwit 100 pounds 10.88 Guilders 6
12 / 1732 Yellow Wood Geelhout 100 pounds 2.00 Guilders 26
12 / 1732 Yufts Juchten pound 0.53 Guilders 46
12 / 1732 Zealand wheat Zeeuwsche tarwe last 130.20 Guilders
12 / 1732 Zealand, Flemish & Overmaas Coleseed Zeeuwsch, Vlaamsch en Overmaasch Koolzaad last 119.25 Guilders
12 / 1732 Alicante Anise Alicantsche Anijs 100 pounds 16.25 Guilders 76
12 / 1732 Apulian oil Olie van Puglia tun 273.00 Guilders 35
12 / 1732 Baltic (Dry) Wax Oostersche (Droge) Was 100 pounds 64.50 Guilders 11
12 / 1732 Black (or brown) peper Zwarte (of bruine) peper Pound 0.54 Guilders 29
12 / 1732 Bordeaux Brandy Bordeaux Brandewijn 30 double gallons 42.75 Guilders 38
12 / 1732 Bordeaux Honey bordeaux Honig tun 207.00 Guilders 92
12 / 1732 Brazilian Hides Braziliaansche Huiden pound 0.21 Guilders 61
12 / 1732 Cadix Salt Cadix Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 231.00 Guilders
12 / 1732 Caliatour Wood Caliatour Hout 100 pounds 10.50 Guilders 24
12 / 1732 Caracas Cocoa Caracas Cacao pound 0.91 Guilders 55
12 / 1732 Cloves Nagelen pound 3.75 Guilders 16
12 / 1732 Common Madder Gemeene Meekrap 100 pounds 15.00 Guilders 75
12 / 1732 Corn Brandy Korenbrandewijn aum 21.50 Guilders 68
12 / 1732 East Indian Saltpetre Oostindische Salpeter 100 pounds 29.50 Guilders 1
12 / 1732 English Alum Engelsch Aluin 100 pounds 9.75 Guilders 42
12 / 1732 English Copperas Engelsch Koperrood (Couperose) 100 pounds 2.60 Guilders 51
12 / 1732 English Lead Engelsch Lood 100 pounds 8.70 Guilders 65
12 / 1732 Figs Vijgen 100 pounds 7.75 Guilders 13
12 / 1732 Fine Silver Fijn Zilver mark 25.55 Guilders 84
12 / 1732 Floret Yarn A Floret Garen A pound 5.70 Guilders 43
12 / 1732 French Bordeaux Wine Fransche Bordeauxwijn tun 72.00 Guilders 37
12 / 1732 Native Tobacco leaves Inlandsche Tabaksbladen 100 pounds 12.25 Guilders 82
12 / 1732 Native Wax Inlandsche Was 100 pounds 65.50 Guilders 10
12 / 1732 Norwegian cod-liver oil Noordsche levertraan tun 21.75 Guilders 13
12 / 1732 Nutmeg Noten pound 3.75 Guilders 49
12 / 1732 Ordinary Buoy Tea Ordinaire Boei Thee pound 1.33 Guilders 56