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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: 1669
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11 / 1669 Baltic Tallow Oostersche Talk 100 pounds 14.50 Guilders
Month / Year: 1772
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5 / 1772 Brown Treacle Bruine siroop pound 7.58 Guilders
Month / Year: 1756
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8 / 1756 Dantzig White Potash Dantziger Witte Potasch 100 pounds 11.55 Guilders
Month / Year: 1755
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6 / 1755 French (long) Prunes Fransche (lange) Pruimen 100 pounds 4.50 Guilders
10 / 1755 Riga crushed linseed Riga slaglijnzaad tun 5.50 Guilders
Month / Year: 1780
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2 / 1780 Iron-Wire nr.0 Ijzerdraad no.0 100 pounds 2.30 Guilders
Month / Year: 1649
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6 / 1649 Leyden Bleached Hondschoote Serges, 3 Seals Leidsche Gebleekte Hondschootsche Saaien, 3 Looden piece 41.40 Guilders
Month / Year: 1737
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12 / 1737 Leyden Ordinary Ermine Serges, 3 Seals Leidsche Ordinaire Armijnsaaien, 3 Looden piece 21.60 Guilders
Month / Year: 1636
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5 / 1636 Milanese Rice Milaansche rijst 100 pounds 15.45 Guilders
Month / Year: 1787
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4 / 1787 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.19 Guilders
Month / Year: 1754
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6 / 1754 Riga crushed linseed Riga slaglijnzaad tun 5.88 Guilders
Month / Year: 1774
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10 / 1774 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.51 Guilders
Month / Year: 1764
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10 / 1764 Swedish Steel Zweedsch Staal 100 pounds 10.25 Guilders
3 / 1764 French (long) Prunes Fransche (lange) Pruimen 100 pounds 7.50 Guilders
Month / Year: 1686
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2 / 1686 Whale-bones Walvischbaarden 100 pounds 21.25 Guilders
Month / Year: 1777
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6 / 1777 Cadix Salt Cadix Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 312.00 Guilders
11 / 1777 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.60 Guilders
Month / Year: 1679
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12 / 1679 Baltic Tallow Oostersche Talk 100 pounds 18.75 Guilders
Month / Year: 1773
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10 / 1773 Brown Treacle Bruine siroop pound 6.60 Guilders
Month / Year: 1762
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1 / 1762 Dantzig White Potash Dantziger Witte Potasch 100 pounds 19.20 Guilders
Month / Year: 1760
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10 / 1760 French (long) Prunes Fransche (lange) Pruimen 100 pounds 5.10 Guilders
Month / Year: 1782
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2 / 1782 Iron-Wire nr.0 Ijzerdraad no.0 100 pounds 2.30 Guilders
Month / Year: 1653
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12 / 1653 Leyden Bleached Hondschoote Serges, 3 Seals Leidsche Gebleekte Hondschootsche Saaien, 3 Looden piece 40.20 Guilders
10 / 1653 Milanese Rice Milaansche rijst 100 pounds 13.95 Guilders
Month / Year: 1741
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5 / 1741 Leyden Ordinary Ermine Serges, 3 Seals Leidsche Ordinaire Armijnsaaien, 3 Looden piece 20.70 Guilders
Month / Year: 1645
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7 / 1645 Milanese Rice Milaansche rijst 100 pounds 12.83 Guilders
Month / Year: 1788
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8 / 1788 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.18 Guilders
Month / Year: 1776
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2 / 1776 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.60 Guilders
9 / 1776 Brown Treacle Bruine siroop pound 6.38 Guilders
Month / Year: 1766
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8 / 1766 Swedish Steel Zweedsch Staal 100 pounds 10.00 Guilders
1 / 1766 Dantzig White Potash Dantziger Witte Potasch 100 pounds 20.25 Guilders
4 / 1766 French (long) Prunes Fransche (lange) Pruimen 100 pounds 3.90 Guilders
Month / Year: 1709
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2 / 1709 Whale-bones Walvischbaarden 100 pounds 59.00 Guilders
Month / Year: 1779
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12 / 1779 Cadix Salt Cadix Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 360.00 Guilders
Month / Year: 1706
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10 / 1706 Baltic Tallow Oostersche Talk 100 pounds 13.50 Guilders
Month / Year: 1775
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2 / 1775 Brown Treacle Bruine siroop pound 6.00 Guilders
Month / Year: 1785
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5 / 1785 Iron-Wire nr.20-3/0 Ijzerdraad no. 20-3/0 100 pounds 2.05 Guilders
Month / Year: 1630
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1 / 1630 Leyden Bombasines, Overlookers Leidsche Bombazijnen, Overkijkers piece 25.00 Guilders
Month / Year: 1744
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9 / 1744 Leyden Ordinary Ermine Serges, 3 Seals Leidsche Ordinaire Armijnsaaien, 3 Looden piece 21.60 Guilders
Month / Year: 1648
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11 / 1648 Milanese Rice Milaansche rijst 100 pounds 18.00 Guilders
Month / Year: 1789
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12 / 1789 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.24 Guilders
Month / Year: 1757
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10 / 1757 Riga crushed linseed Riga slaglijnzaad tun 5.88 Guilders
Month / Year: 1769
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11 / 1769 Swedish Steel Zweedsch Staal 100 pounds 12.50 Guilders
Month / Year: 1733
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11 / 1733 Whale-bones Walvischbaarden 100 pounds 262.00 Guilders
Month / Year: 1784
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8 / 1784 Cadix Salt Cadix Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 390.00 Guilders
Month / Year: 1728
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4 / 1728 Baltic Tallow Oostersche Talk 100 pounds 18.13 Guilders
Month / Year: 1767
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5 / 1767 Dantzig White Potash Dantziger Witte Potasch 100 pounds 15.60 Guilders
Month / Year: 1786
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9 / 1786 Iron-Wire nr.20-3/0 Ijzerdraad no. 20-3/0 100 pounds 2.05 Guilders
Month / Year: 1635
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5 / 1635 Leyden Bombasines, Overlookers Leidsche Bombazijnen, Overkijkers piece 21.00 Guilders
Month / Year: 1750
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5 / 1750 Leyden Ordinary Ermine Serges, 3 Seals Leidsche Ordinaire Armijnsaaien, 3 Looden piece 21.60 Guilders