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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: 1783
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
9 / 1783 Loaf-sugar Melissuiker pound 0.33 Guilders 89
9 / 1783 Long Cinnamon Lange Kaneel pound 8.00 Guilders
9 / 1783 Long Raisins Lange Rozijnen 100 pounds 16.50 Guilders 71
9 / 1783 Luneberg and Bremer Shorn Wool Luneburger en Bremer Schoorwol 100 pounds 48.00 Guilders
9 / 1783 Mace Foelie pound 16.50 Guilders 86
9 / 1783 Marseilles Soap Marseillaansche Zeep 100 pounds 23.00 Guilders 78
9 / 1783 Matie Maatjesharing last 282.00 Guilders
9 / 1783 Mercury Kwikzilver pound 1.38 Guilders 58
9 / 1783 Mexican Cochineal Mexicaansche Cochenille pound 9.15 Guilders 14
9 / 1783 Molina and Castilian wool Molina en Castiliaansche wol pound 1.85 Banco
9 / 1783 Muscovados Moscovades pound 0.17 Guilders 33
9 / 1783 Muscovite Tar Moscovisch Teer last 138.00 Guilders
9 / 1783 Native (sweet) grease tallow Inlandsche (zoete) smeertalk 100 pounds 18.75 Guilders
9 / 1783 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.19 Guilders
9 / 1783 Norwegian Garcopper Noorsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 53.00 Guilders
9 / 1783 Opium Opium pound 4.25 Guilders
9 / 1783 Ordinary Ermine Serges, 3 Seals, 13 pounds Ordinaire Armijnsaaien, 3 Looden, 13 Pond piece 25.20 Guilders
9 / 1783 Paternoster Flax Paternoster Vlas ship-pound 53.00 Guilders
9 / 1783 Petersburg Clean Hemp St. Petersburger Reinhennep ship-pound 49.88 Guilders
9 / 1783 Pommeranian Wool Pommersche Wol 100 pounds 26.00 Guilders
9 / 1783 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 148.40 Guilders
9 / 1783 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 56.50 Guilders
9 / 1783 Riga Wax Riga was 100 Pounds 87.75 Guilders
9 / 1783 Riga crushed linseed Riga slaglijnzaad tun 9.25 Guilders
9 / 1783 Riga hempseed Riga hennepzaad tun 7.38 Guilders
9 / 1783 Rope-Yarn of Clean Hemp Kabelgaren van Rein-Hennep ship-pound 64.50 Guilders
9 / 1783 Sail-Yarn Zeilgaren 4 trusses 31.50 Guilders
9 / 1783 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 54.00 Guilders
9 / 1783 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.66 Guilders
9 / 1783 Smyrna Cotton Yarns Smirnasche Katoenen Garens pound 1.50 Guilders
9 / 1783 Smyrna Gallnuts Smirna Galnoten 100 pounds 39.50 Guilders 9
9 / 1783 Sole-leather of Native Backs Zoolleer van Inlandsche Ruggen pound 0.47 Guilders
9 / 1783 Soria Segovia wool Soria Segovia wol pound 2.20 Banco
9 / 1783 Souchon Tea Souchon Thee pound 2.60 Guilders
9 / 1783 Spanish Iron Spaansch Ijzer 100 pounds 7.00 Guilders 5
8 / 1783 Spelter Spiauter 100 pounds 16.50 Guilders
9 / 1783 Split Stockfish Roodschaar 100 pounds 11.50 Guilders
9 / 1783 Spotted and white Polish wheat Bonte en witte Poolsche tarwe last 224.70 Guilders
10 / 1783 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 405.00 Guilders
9 / 1783 Starch Stijfsel 100 pounds 12.63 Guilders
9 / 1783 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 12.00 Guilders 87
9 / 1783 Surinam Cocoa Surinaamsche Cacao pound 0.34 Guilders 53
9 / 1783 Surinam Coffee Suriname Koffie Pound 0.40 Guilders 54
9 / 1783 Surinam Cotton Surinaamsche Katoen pound 0.96 Guilders
9 / 1783 Surinam Sugar Surinaamsche suiker pound 0.15 Guilders 12
9 / 1783 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 8.00 Guilders 91
9 / 1783 Swedish Steel Zweedsch Staal 100 pounds 12.00 Guilders
9 / 1783 Tanni Silk A Tanni Zijde A pound 6.00 Guilders 44
9 / 1783 Thorn Wool Thornsche Wol 100 pounds 35.50 Guilders
9 / 1783 Tonkin Musk Muscus van Tonkin ounce 11.50 Guilders