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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: 1743
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
4 / 1743 Steermark Steel Stiermarksch Staal bundle 17.50 Guilders
4 / 1743 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 5.00 Guilders 87
4 / 1743 Surinam Coffee Suriname Koffie Pound 0.34 Guilders 60
4 / 1743 Surinam Sugar Surinaamsche suiker pound 0.17 Guilders 12
4 / 1743 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 6.25 Guilders 91
4 / 1743 Swedish Steel Zweedsch Staal 100 pounds 10.50 Guilders
4 / 1743 Tanni Silk A Tanni Zijde A pound 6.60 Guilders 44
4 / 1743 The Best Dantzig Potash De Beste Dantziger Potasch 100 pounds 11.10 Guilders
4 / 1743 Thorn Wool Thornsche Wol 100 pounds 51.00 Guilders
4 / 1743 Tonkin Musk Muscus van Tonkin ounce 5.00 Guilders
4 / 1743 Train-Oil Spektraan quarter 53.00 Guilders 13
4 / 1743 Tuticorin Cotton Yarns Katoenen Garens van Tuticorin pound 1.60 Guilders
4 / 1743 Valence Almonds Valencia Amandelen 100 pounds 32.00 Guilders 72
4 / 1743 Varinas Tobacco Varinas Tabak pound 2.15 Guilders 93
4 / 1743 Venetian Turpentine Venetiaansche Terpentijn 100 pounds 25.00 Guilders
4 / 1743 Virginian Tobacco leaves Virginia Tabaksbladen pound 0.18 Guilders
4 / 1743 Warder wheat Warder tarwe last 116.20 Guilders
4 / 1743 Washed Segovia Lamb's wool Gewasschen Segovia Lamswol 100 pounds 100.00 Guilders
4 / 1743 Whale-bones Walvischbaarden 100 pounds 129.00 Guilders
4 / 1743 White (dry) Ginger Witte (droge) Gember 100 pounds 11.00 Guilders 7
4 / 1743 White Candy Witte Kandij pound 0.43 Guilders 30
4 / 1743 White Pepper Witte Peper Pound 1.09 Guilders 27
4 / 1743 White forage-oats Witte voerhaver last 37.80 Guilders
4 / 1743 White-Lead Loodwit 100 pounds 9.63 Guilders 6
4 / 1743 Yellow Wood Geelhout 100 pounds 4.00 Guilders 26
4 / 1743 Yufts Juchten pound 0.54 Guilders 46
4 / 1743 Zealand wheat Zeeuwsche tarwe last 145.60 Guilders
4 / 1743 Zealand, Flemish & Overmaas Coleseed Zeeuwsch, Vlaamsch en Overmaasch Koolzaad last 150.00 Guilders
4 / 1743 Alicante Anise Alicantsche Anijs 100 pounds 15.50 Guilders 76
4 / 1743 Apulian oil Olie van Puglia tun 372.00 Guilders 35
4 / 1743 Baltic (Dry) Wax Oostersche (Droge) Was 100 pounds 79.00 Guilders 11
4 / 1743 Black (or brown) peper Zwarte (of bruine) peper Pound 0.69 Guilders 29
4 / 1743 Bordeaux Brandy Bordeaux Brandewijn 30 double gallons 45.00 Guilders 38
4 / 1743 Bordeaux Honey bordeaux Honig tun 252.00 Guilders 92
4 / 1743 Brazilian Hides Braziliaansche Huiden pound 0.40 Guilders 61
4 / 1743 Cadix Salt Cadix Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 288.00 Guilders
4 / 1743 Caliatour Wood Caliatour Hout 100 pounds 15.50 Guilders 24
4 / 1743 Caracas Cocoa Caracas Cacao pound 0.58 Guilders 55
4 / 1743 Cloves Nagelen pound 3.75 Guilders 16
4 / 1743 Common Madder Gemeene Meekrap 100 pounds 22.50 Guilders 75
4 / 1743 Corn Brandy Korenbrandewijn aum 19.75 Guilders 68
4 / 1743 East Indian Saltpetre Oostindische Salpeter 100 pounds 34.75 Guilders 1
4 / 1743 English Alum Engelsch Aluin 100 pounds 8.25 Guilders 42
4 / 1743 English Copperas Engelsch Koperrood (Couperose) 100 pounds 3.40 Guilders 51
4 / 1743 English Lead Engelsch Lood 100 pounds 7.35 Guilders 65
4 / 1743 Figs Vijgen 100 pounds 8.50 Guilders 13
4 / 1743 Fine Silver Fijn Zilver mark 25.90 Guilders 84
4 / 1743 Floret Yarn A Floret Garen A pound 4.50 Guilders 43
4 / 1743 French Bordeaux Wine Fransche Bordeauxwijn tun 75.00 Guilders 37
4 / 1743 Native Tobacco leaves Inlandsche Tabaksbladen 100 pounds 16.67 Guilders 82