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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: 1740
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
12 / 1740 Matie Maatjesharing last 215.00 Guilders
12 / 1740 Mercury Kwikzilver pound 2.00 Guilders 58
12 / 1740 Mexican Cochineal Mexicaansche Cochenille pound 11.18 Guilders 14
12 / 1740 Mocha Coffee-Beans Mokka Koffieboonen pound 0.70 Guilders 59
12 / 1740 Molina wool Molina wol pound 1.28 Banco
12 / 1740 Muscovite Tar Moscovisch Teer last 79.50 Guilders
12 / 1740 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 330 pounds 39.50 Guilders 81
12 / 1740 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.11 Guilders
12 / 1740 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 26.13 Guilders
12 / 1740 Norwegian Garcopper Noorsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 58.25 Guilders
12 / 1740 Opium Opium pound 8.50 Guilders
12 / 1740 Paternoster Flax Paternoster Vlas ship-pound 34.50 Guilders
12 / 1740 Petersburg Clean Hemp St. Petersburger Reinhennep ship-pound 39.50 Guilders
12 / 1740 Pommeranian Wool Pommersche Wol 100 pounds 34.00 Guilders
12 / 1740 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 227.50 Guilders
12 / 1740 Refined Sugar Raffinade pound 0.30 Guilders
12 / 1740 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 43.00 Guilders
12 / 1740 Riga crushed linseed Riga slaglijnzaad tun 9.13 Guilders
12 / 1740 Riga hempseed Riga hennepzaad tun 7.00 Guilders
12 / 1740 Rope-Yarn of Clean Hemp Kabelgaren van Rein-Hennep ship-pound 48.50 Guilders
12 / 1740 Sail-Yarn Zeilgaren 4 trusses 22.00 Guilders
12 / 1740 Sappan Wood of Siam Sappanhout van Siam 100 pounds 18.00 Guilders 23
12 / 1740 Sherry Syrese Secken tun 219.00 Guilders 39
12 / 1740 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 48.00 Guilders
12 / 1740 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.30 Guilders
12 / 1740 Smyrna Cotton Yarns Smirnasche Katoenen Garens pound 0.68 Guilders
12 / 1740 Smyrna Gallnuts Smirna Galnoten 100 pounds 31.00 Guilders 9
12 / 1740 Snuff Snuiftabak pound 0.29 Guilders
12 / 1740 Soda Soda 100 pounds 8.75 Guilders 95
12 / 1740 Sole-leather of Native Backs Zoolleer van Inlandsche Ruggen pound 0.46 Guilders
12 / 1740 Soria Segovia wool Soria Segovia wol pound 1.63 Banco
12 / 1740 Spanish Iron Spaansch Ijzer 100 pounds 5.75 Guilders 5
12 / 1740 Split Stockfish Roodschaar 100 pounds 5.50 Guilders
12 / 1740 Spotted and white Polish wheat Bonte en witte Poolsche tarwe last 364.00 Guilders
12 / 1740 Starch Stijfsel 100 pounds 20.25 Guilders
12 / 1740 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 5.00 Guilders 87
12 / 1740 Surinam Coffee Suriname Koffie Pound 0.40 Guilders 60
12 / 1740 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 5.75 Guilders 91
12 / 1740 Swedish Steel Zweedsch Staal 100 pounds 10.50 Guilders
12 / 1740 Tanni Silk A Tanni Zijde A pound 6.60 Guilders 44
12 / 1740 The Best Dantzig Potash De Beste Dantziger Potasch 100 pounds 12.15 Guilders
12 / 1740 Tonkin Musk Muscus van Tonkin ounce 6.00 Guilders
12 / 1740 Train-Oil Spektraan quarter 53.00 Guilders 13
12 / 1740 Tuticorin Cotton Yarns Katoenen Garens van Tuticorin pound 2.05 Guilders
12 / 1740 Valence Almonds Valencia Amandelen 100 pounds 30.00 Guilders 72
12 / 1740 Varinas Tobacco Varinas Tabak pound 2.30 Guilders 93
12 / 1740 Venetian Turpentine Venetiaansche Terpentijn 100 pounds 23.50 Guilders
Month / Year: 1741
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
1 / 1741 Aix-la-Chapelle and Namur Kettles Ketels van Aken en Namen 100 pounds 61.00 Guilders
2 / 1741 Aix-la-Chapelle and Namur Kettles Ketels van Aken en Namen 100 pounds 61.00 Guilders
3 / 1741 Aix-la-Chapelle and Namur Kettles Ketels van Aken en Namen 100 pounds 61.00 Guilders