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Grain Prices in Cologne 1531-1797 (Metz)

Grain prices as supplied by Rainer Metz and compiled for the printed edition of Dietrich Ebeling and Franz Irsigler, Getreideumsatz, Getreide- und Brotpreise in Köln, 1368-1797 (Köln, 1976).

For all quotations of grain prices and quantities, as well as bread prices and weights, see Dietrich Ebeling and Franz Irsigler, Getreideumsatz, Getreide- und Brotpreise in Köln, 1368-1797 (Köln, 1976), which provides a detailed explanation of the source material.

All data on price and quantity are drawn from sales of the weekly market in Cologne, which served as a trans-shipment hub for grain. Prices are weekly averages and quantities refer to volume sold during an entire week. The weeks in each month are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. These data reflect, insofar as officials took care in recording them, the activities of a "free" market. The data from the seventeenth century should be used with special caution, because transactions from these years were often negligently recorded.

All prices are quoted in monies of account of Cologne, either in Gulden or Mark (1 Gulden = 4 Mark = 24 Albus = 288 Heller). For information about the bullion equivalents of these monies of account or their exchange rates, see the data set named Currency Exchanges (Metz).

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Month / Week / Year: 1590
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1157 Gulden 8.29 4/8/1590
Month / Week / Year: 1693
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1157 Gulden 16.96 1/6/1693
Month / Week / Year: 1540
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1158 Mark 8.67 4/1/1540
Barley 1191 Mark 6.50 2/3/1540
Month / Week / Year: 1568
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1158 Mark 14.67 4/11/1568
Month / Week / Year: 1717
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1159 Gulden 7.00 3/4/1717
Rye 1173 Gulden 7.13 2/6/1717
Month / Week / Year: 1542
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Wheat 1159 Mark 10.67 1/11/1542
Wheat 1164 Mark 11.00 4/10/1542
Month / Week / Year: 1537
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1160 Mark 6.00 2/11/1537
Month / Week / Year: 1686
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1161 Gulden 6.00 3/7/1686
Month / Week / Year: 1565
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1162 Mark 23.50 5/10/1565
Month / Week / Year: 1555
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Barley 1164 Mark 8.50 3/2/1555
Month / Week / Year: 1738
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1165 Gulden 8.63 4/8/1738
Rye 1172 Gulden 7.35 2/5/1738
Month / Week / Year: 1690
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1167 Gulden 7.50 2/6/1690
Month / Week / Year: 1777
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1168 Gulden 8.08 1/7/1777
Month / Week / Year: 1581
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1169 Mark 23.50 3/12/1581
Month / Week / Year: 1545
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1170 Mark 10.67 4/11/1545
Month / Week / Year: 1773
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1171 Gulden 18.95 4/3/1773
Month / Week / Year: 1557
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Barley 1173 Mark 11.50 2/11/1557
Rye 1190 Mark 13.33 1/10/1557
Month / Week / Year: 1561
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1174 Mark 11.67 4/3/1561
Rye 1174 Mark 11.67 1/4/1561
Rye 1174 Mark 11.67 2/4/1561
Rye 1183 Mark 11.50 3/4/1561
Month / Week / Year: 1574
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1174 Mark 28.50 2/10/1574
Month / Week / Year: 1582
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1175 Mark 22.83 1/11/1582
Month / Week / Year: 1550
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1176 Mark 11.00 2/11/1550
Month / Week / Year: 1547
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Wheat 1176 Mark 8.67 4/10/1547
Month / Week / Year: 1743
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1177 Gulden 7.24 3/11/1743
Oats 1181 Gulden 6.26 3/6/1743
Month / Week / Year: 1552
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1177 Mark 13.50 3/8/1552
Month / Week / Year: 1735
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1179 Gulden 6.72 3/9/1735
Month / Week / Year: 1781
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1180 Gulden 11.88 1/5/1781
Month / Week / Year: 1720
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1182 Gulden 11.00 1/3/1720
Month / Week / Year: 1706
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1186 Gulden 7.83 1/7/1706
Month / Week / Year: 1769
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1186 Gulden 10.14 3/6/1769
Month / Week / Year: 1779
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1186 Gulden 10.96 4/6/1779
Month / Week / Year: 1546
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1187 Mark 10.67 4/10/1546
Month / Week / Year: 1577
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1187 Mark 24.17 3/11/1577
Month / Week / Year: 1544
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1188 Mark 9.67 4/11/1544
Month / Week / Year: 1580
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1188 Mark 26.50 3/11/1580
Month / Week / Year: 1722
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1189 Gulden 7.71 3/8/1722
Month / Week / Year: 1566
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Wheat 1189 Mark 29.00 4/3/1566
Month / Week / Year: 1572
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1191 Mark 27.00 4/10/1572
Month / Week / Year: 1701
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Wheat 1191 Gulden 15.04 1/6/1701
Month / Week / Year: 1731
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1192 Gulden 11.38 5/8/1731
Month / Week / Year: 1698
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1192 Gulden 12.83 5/4/1698
Month / Week / Year: 1553
Product Number of Malters Sold Currency Price per Malter Month / Week / Year
Rye 1193 Mark 14.00 3/10/1553