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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
1 / 1752 Mocha Coffee-Beans Mokka Koffieboonen pound 0.78 Guilders 59
2 / 1752 Mocha Coffee-Beans Mokka Koffieboonen pound 0.78 Guilders 59
11 / 1752 Mocha Coffee-Beans Mokka Koffieboonen pound 0.73 Guilders 59
12 / 1752 Mocha Coffee-Beans Mokka Koffieboonen pound 0.90 Guilders 59
1 / 1752 Muscovite Tar Moscovisch Teer last 118.50 Guilders
2 / 1752 Muscovite Tar Moscovisch Teer last 118.50 Guilders
11 / 1752 Muscovite Tar Moscovisch Teer last 118.50 Guilders
12 / 1752 Muscovite Tar Moscovisch Teer last 118.50 Guilders
1 / 1752 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 33.00 Guilders 81
2 / 1752 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 33.00 Guilders 81
11 / 1752 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 29.50 Guilders 81
12 / 1752 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 29.50 Guilders 81
1 / 1752 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.16 Guilders
2 / 1752 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.16 Guilders
12 / 1752 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.16 Guilders
1 / 1752 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 17.38 Guilders
2 / 1752 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 17.38 Guilders
11 / 1752 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 16.38 Guilders
12 / 1752 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 16.00 Guilders
2 / 1752 Norwegian Garcopper Noorsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 65.00 Guilders
11 / 1752 Norwegian Garcopper Noorsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 65.50 Guilders
12 / 1752 Norwegian Garcopper Noorsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 65.50 Guilders
1 / 1752 Opium Opium pound 4.25 Guilders
2 / 1752 Opium Opium pound 4.25 Guilders
11 / 1752 Opium Opium pound 4.25 Guilders
12 / 1752 Opium Opium pound 4.25 Guilders
1 / 1752 Ordinary Ermine Serges, 3 Seals, 13 pounds Ordinaire Armijnsaaien, 3 Looden, 13 Pond piece 21.90 Guilders
2 / 1752 Ordinary Ermine Serges, 3 Seals, 13 pounds Ordinaire Armijnsaaien, 3 Looden, 13 Pond piece 21.90 Guilders
11 / 1752 Ordinary Ermine Serges, 3 Seals, 13 pounds Ordinaire Armijnsaaien, 3 Looden, 13 Pond piece 21.90 Guilders
12 / 1752 Ordinary Ermine Serges, 3 Seals, 13 pounds Ordinaire Armijnsaaien, 3 Looden, 13 Pond piece 21.90 Guilders
1 / 1752 Petersburg Clean Hemp St. Petersburger Reinhennep ship-pound 30.00 Guilders
2 / 1752 Petersburg Clean Hemp St. Petersburger Reinhennep ship-pound 30.00 Guilders
12 / 1752 Petersburg Clean Hemp St. Petersburger Reinhennep ship-pound 31.00 Guilders
1 / 1752 Pommeranian Wool Pommersche Wol 100 pounds 27.50 Guilders
2 / 1752 Pommeranian Wool Pommersche Wol 100 pounds 27.50 Guilders
11 / 1752 Pommeranian Wool Pommersche Wol 100 pounds 24.50 Guilders
12 / 1752 Pommeranian Wool Pommersche Wol 100 pounds 24.50 Guilders
1 / 1752 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 124.60 Guilders
2 / 1752 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 121.80 Guilders
11 / 1752 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 102.20 Guilders
12 / 1752 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 100.80 Guilders
1 / 1752 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 34.25 Guilders
2 / 1752 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 34.25 Guilders
12 / 1752 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 36.00 Guilders
1 / 1752 Riga crushed linseed Riga slaglijnzaad tun 6.75 Guilders
2 / 1752 Riga crushed linseed Riga slaglijnzaad tun 6.75 Guilders
11 / 1752 Riga crushed linseed Riga slaglijnzaad tun 7.00 Guilders
12 / 1752 Riga crushed linseed Riga slaglijnzaad tun 6.63 Guilders
1 / 1752 Riga hempseed Riga hennepzaad tun 5.13 Guilders
2 / 1752 Riga hempseed Riga hennepzaad tun 5.13 Guilders