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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: 1745
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
7 / 1745 Leyden Double Gentlemen's Crown Serges, Reduced, 3 Seals Leidsche Dubbele Heerensaaien Kronen, Vervallen, 3 Looden piece 32.00 Guilders
7 / 1745 Leyden Ermine Serges, 1 Seal Leidsche Armijnsaaien, 1 Lood piece 20.10 Guilders
7 / 1745 Leyden Ermine Serges, 3 Seals, 12 3/4 Pounds Leidsche Armijnsaaien, 3 Looden, 12 3/4 Pond piece 22.20 Guilders
7 / 1745 Leyden Fustians, Double Lions Leidsche Fusteinen, Dubbele Leeuwen piece 16.00 Guilders
7 / 1745 Leyden Naturel Serges, 4 Seals Leidsche Naturel Saaien, 4 Looden piece 26.40 Guilders
7 / 1745 Leyden Ordinary Ermine Serges, 3 Seals Leidsche Ordinaire Armijnsaaien, 3 Looden piece 21.96 Guilders
7 / 1745 Liege Rods Luiksche Roeden 100 pounds 5.25 Guilders
7 / 1745 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 29.25 Guilders 64
7 / 1745 Loaf-sugar Melissuiker pound 0.33 Guilders 89
7 / 1745 Long Cinnamon Lange Kaneel pound 2.95 Guilders
7 / 1745 Long Raisins Lange Rozijnen 100 pounds 9.83 Guilders 71
7 / 1745 Luneberg and Bremer Shorn Wool Luneburger en Bremer Schoorwol 100 pounds 44.50 Guilders
8 / 1745 Mace Foelie pound 6.36 Guilders 86
7 / 1745 Marseilles Soap Marseillaansche Zeep 100 pounds 21.50 Guilders 78
7 / 1745 Mercury Kwikzilver pound 2.00 Guilders 58
7 / 1745 Mexican Cochineal Mexicaansche Cochenille pound 8.03 Guilders 14
7 / 1745 Milanese Tram-silk Milaansche Tramzijde pound 10.50 Guilders
7 / 1745 Mocha Coffee-Beans Mokka Koffieboonen pound 1.05 Guilders 59
7 / 1745 Molina wool Molina wol pound 1.28 Banco
7 / 1745 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 330 pounds 23.50 Guilders 81
7 / 1745 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.12 Guilders
7 / 1745 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 23.25 Guilders
7 / 1745 Norwegian Garcopper Noorsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 57.00 Guilders
7 / 1745 Opium Opium pound 5.50 Guilders
7 / 1745 Ordinary Ermine Serges, 3 Seals, 13 pounds Ordinaire Armijnsaaien, 3 Looden, 13 Pond piece 22.50 Guilders
7 / 1745 Petersburg Clean Hemp St. Petersburger Reinhennep ship-pound 43.50 Guilders
7 / 1745 Pommeranian Wool Pommersche Wol 100 pounds 44.00 Guilders
7 / 1745 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 86.80 Guilders
7 / 1745 Refined Sugar Raffinade pound 0.38 Guilders
7 / 1745 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 45.50 Guilders
7 / 1745 Riga crushed linseed Riga slaglijnzaad tun 5.13 Guilders
7 / 1745 Riga hempseed Riga hennepzaad tun 4.88 Guilders
7 / 1745 Rope-Yarn of Clean Hemp Kabelgaren van Rein-Hennep ship-pound 47.50 Guilders
7 / 1745 Sail-Yarn Zeilgaren 4 trusses 25.00 Guilders
7 / 1745 Sappan Wood of Siam Sappanhout van Siam 100 pounds 20.00 Guilders 23
7 / 1745 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 48.00 Guilders
7 / 1745 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.53 Guilders
7 / 1745 Smyrna Cotton Yarns Smirnasche Katoenen Garens pound 0.78 Guilders
7 / 1745 Smyrna Gallnuts Smirna Galnoten 100 pounds 38.00 Guilders 9
7 / 1745 Snuff Snuiftabak pound 0.30 Guilders
7 / 1745 Soda Soda 100 pounds 7.75 Guilders 95
7 / 1745 Sole-leather of Native Backs Zoolleer van Inlandsche Ruggen pound 0.45 Guilders
7 / 1745 Soria Segovia wool Soria Segovia wol pound 1.43 Banco
7 / 1745 Split Stockfish Roodschaar 100 pounds 5.83 Guilders
7 / 1745 Spotted and white Polish wheat Bonte en witte Poolsche tarwe last 154.00 Guilders
7 / 1745 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 348.00 Guilders
7 / 1745 Starch Stijfsel 100 pounds 8.63 Guilders
7 / 1745 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 5.00 Guilders 87
7 / 1745 Surinam Coffee Suriname Koffie Pound 0.50 Guilders 60
7 / 1745 Surinam Sugar Surinaamsche suiker pound 0.19 Guilders 12