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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
9 / 1783 White-Lead Loodwit 100 pounds 11.75 Guilders 6
9 / 1783 Yellow Wood Geelhout 100 pounds 5.75 Guilders 26
9 / 1783 Yufts Juchten pound 0.75 Guilders 46
9 / 1783 Zantos Currants Xantos' Krenten 100 pounds 9.75 Guilders
9 / 1783 Zealand, Flemish & Overmaas Coleseed Zeeuwsch, Vlaamsch en Overmaasch Koolzaad last 369.00 Guilders
9 / 1783 Alicante Anise Alicantsche Anijs 100 pounds 30.00 Guilders 76
9 / 1783 Apulian oil Olie van Puglia tun 468.00 Guilders 36
9 / 1783 Black (or brown) peper Zwarte (of bruine) peper Pound 0.95 Guilders 29
9 / 1783 Bordeaux Brandy Bordeaux Brandewijn 30 double gallons 66.00 Guilders 38
8 / 1783 Bordeaux Honey bordeaux Honig tun 600.00 Guilders 92
9 / 1783 Brazilian white sugar Braziliaansche witte suiker pound 0.23 Guilders 31
9 / 1783 Buenos Aires Hides Buenos Aires Huiden pound 0.35 Guilders 61
9 / 1783 Cadix Salt Cadix Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 465.00 Guilders
9 / 1783 Caracas Cocoa Caracas Cacao pound 0.58 Guilders 55
9 / 1783 Cloves Nagelen pound 3.75 Guilders 16
9 / 1783 Common Madder Gemeene Meekrap 100 pounds 12.00 Guilders 75
9 / 1783 English Alum Engelsch Aluin 100 pounds 14.10 Guilders 42
9 / 1783 English Copperas Engelsch Koperrood (Couperose) 100 pounds 3.50 Guilders 51
9 / 1783 English Lead Engelsch Lood 100 pounds 10.88 Guilders 65
9 / 1783 Fine Silver Fijn Zilver mark 26.20 Guilders 84
9 / 1783 Native Tobacco leaves Inlandsche Tabaksbladen 100 pounds 16.00 Guilders 82
9 / 1783 Native Wax Inlandsche Was 100 pounds 85.50 Guilders 10
9 / 1783 Norwegian cod-liver oil Noordsche levertraan tun 29.00 Guilders 13
9 / 1783 Nutmeg Noten pound 5.50 Guilders 49
9 / 1783 Ordinary Buoy Tea Ordinaire Boei Thee pound 1.18 Guilders 56
9 / 1783 Pecco Tea Pecco Thee pound 3.50 Guilders 52
9 / 1783 Pernambuco Wood Pernambuco Hout 100 pounds 38.00 Guilders 77
9 / 1783 Preserved Ginger Geconfijte Gember Pound 0.80 Guilders 28
1 / 1783 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 41.75 Guilders 88
2 / 1783 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 41.00 Guilders 88
3 / 1783 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 42.00 Guilders 88
4 / 1783 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 42.50 Guilders 88
5 / 1783 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 44.25 Guilders 88
6 / 1783 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 46.50 Guilders 88
7 / 1783 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 48.50 Guilders 88
8 / 1783 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 55.75 Guilders 88
9 / 1783 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 58.00 Guilders 88
10 / 1783 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 56.50 Guilders 88
11 / 1783 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 53.50 Guilders 88
12 / 1783 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 46.00 Guilders 88
9 / 1783 Refined Borax Geraffineerde Borax pound 1.18 Guilders 50
9 / 1783 Refined Camphor Geraffineerde Kamfer pound 1.95 Guilders 57
9 / 1783 Refined Sugar Raffinade pound 0.38 Guilders 32
9 / 1783 Refined Sulphur Geraffineerde Zwavel 100 pounds 8.50 Guilders 20
9 / 1783 San Domingo Coffee San Domingo Koffie pound 0.38 Guilders 54
9 / 1783 San Domingo sugar San Domingo suiker pound 0.31 Guilders 34
9 / 1783 White Salt Wit Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 1140.00 Guilders 41
9 / 1783 Andalusian wool Andalusia wol pound 1.65 Banco Guilders
9 / 1783 Aix-la-Chapelle and Namur Kettles Ketels van Aken en Namen 100 pounds 62.00 Guilders
9 / 1783 Aleppo Camel-hair Aleppo Kameelhaar pound 2.05 Guilders