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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 Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
10 / 1746 Fine Segovia wool Fijne Segovia wol pound 1.58 Banco
11 / 1746 Fine Segovia wool Fijne Segovia wol pound 1.58 Banco
12 / 1746 Fine Segovia wool Fijne Segovia wol pound 1.58 Banco
11 / 1746 Flemish & Brabantine Buckwheat Vlaamsche en Brabantsche boekweit last 100.50 Guilders
12 / 1746 Flemish & Brabantine Buckwheat Vlaamsche en Brabantsche boekweit last 97.50 Guilders
10 / 1746 French (long) Prunes Fransche (lange) Pruimen 100 pounds 4.50 Guilders
11 / 1746 French (long) Prunes Fransche (lange) Pruimen 100 pounds 5.70 Guilders
12 / 1746 French (long) Prunes Fransche (lange) Pruimen 100 pounds 5.70 Guilders
10 / 1746 Frisian Winter-Barley Friesche Wintergerst last 78.40 Guilders
11 / 1746 Frisian Winter-Barley Friesche Wintergerst last 82.60 Guilders
12 / 1746 Frisian Winter-Barley Friesche Wintergerst last 86.80 Guilders
10 / 1746 Frisian and East-Frisian coleseed Friesch en Oostfriesch koolzaad last 150.00 Guilders
11 / 1746 Frisian and East-Frisian coleseed Friesch en Oostfriesch koolzaad last 150.00 Guilders
12 / 1746 Frisian and East-Frisian coleseed Friesch en Oostfriesch koolzaad last 150.00 Guilders
10 / 1746 Full Herring Volle Haring last 169.00 Guilders 19
11 / 1746 Full Herring Volle Haring last 165.00 Guilders 19
12 / 1746 Full Herring Volle Haring last 155.00 Guilders 19
10 / 1746 Gatimalo Indigo Guatimalo Indigo pound 2.50 Guilders 48
11 / 1746 Gatimalo Indigo Guatimalo Indigo pound 2.50 Guilders 48
12 / 1746 Gatimalo Indigo Guatimalo Indigo pound 2.50 Guilders 48
12 / 1746 Gatinais Saffron Gastinois Saffraan pound 12.00 Guilders 69
10 / 1746 Genoese Oil Genueesche Olie tun 336.00 Guilders 36
11 / 1746 Genoese Oil Genueesche Olie tun 336.00 Guilders 36
12 / 1746 Genoese Oil Genueesche Olie tun 336.00 Guilders 36
10 / 1746 German Millet Duitsche Gierst 100 pounds 9.00 Guilders
11 / 1746 German Millet Duitsche Gierst 100 pounds 8.63 Guilders
12 / 1746 German Millet Duitsche Gierst 100 pounds 9.00 Guilders
10 / 1746 German Tartar Duitsche Wijnsteen 100 pounds 23.00 Guilders 2
11 / 1746 German Tartar Duitsche Wijnsteen 100 pounds 23.00 Guilders 2
12 / 1746 German Tartar Duitsche Wijnsteen 100 pounds 23.00 Guilders 2
10 / 1746 German Wool Duitsche Wol 100 pounds 42.00 Guilders
11 / 1746 German Wool Duitsche Wol 100 pounds 42.00 Guilders
12 / 1746 German Wool Duitsche Wol 100 pounds 42.00 Guilders
10 / 1746 Grease-butter Smeerboter 100 pounds 12.50 Guilders 22
11 / 1746 Grease-butter Smeerboter 100 pounds 12.25 Guilders 22
12 / 1746 Grease-butter Smeerboter 100 pounds 12.00 Guilders 22
11 / 1746 Groningen and Oldambt winter-barley Groninger en Oldambter wintergerst last 75.60 Guilders
12 / 1746 Groningen and Oldambt winter-barley Groninger en Oldambter wintergerst last 75.60 Guilders
10 / 1746 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 40.00 Guilders 8
11 / 1746 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 40.00 Guilders 8
12 / 1746 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 40.00 Guilders 8
7 / 1746 Hamburg Sheet-copper Hamburgsch Bladkoper 100 pounds 65.50 Guilders 25
10 / 1746 Hamburg Sheet-copper Hamburgsch Bladkoper 100 pounds 65.50 Guilders 25
11 / 1746 Hamburg Sheet-copper Hamburgsch Bladkoper 100 pounds 65.50 Guilders 25
10 / 1746 Havana Tobacco Leaves Havana Tabaksbladen 100 pounds 66.67 Guilders
11 / 1746 Havana Tobacco Leaves Havana Tabaksbladen 100 pounds 66.67 Guilders
12 / 1746 Havana Tobacco Leaves Havana Tabaksbladen 100 pounds 66.67 Guilders
11 / 1746 Horse-Beans Paardeboonen last 93.00 Guilders
12 / 1746 Horse-Beans Paardeboonen last 105.00 Guilders
10 / 1746 Irish butter of Cork, Limerick, and Youngh Iersch Boter van Cork, Limerick en Youngh 100 pounds 20.25 Guilders