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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 / 1786 Fine Segovia wool Fijne Segovia wol pound 2.63 Banco
10 / 1786 Fine Segovia wool Fijne Segovia wol pound 2.63 Banco
11 / 1786 Fine Segovia wool Fijne Segovia wol pound 2.63 Banco
12 / 1786 Fine Segovia wool Fijne Segovia wol pound 2.63 Banco
1 / 1786 Flemish & Brabantine Buckwheat Vlaamsche en Brabantsche boekweit last 111.00 Guilders
2 / 1786 Flemish & Brabantine Buckwheat Vlaamsche en Brabantsche boekweit last 105.00 Guilders
3 / 1786 Flemish & Brabantine Buckwheat Vlaamsche en Brabantsche boekweit last 105.00 Guilders
4 / 1786 Flemish & Brabantine Buckwheat Vlaamsche en Brabantsche boekweit last 105.00 Guilders
5 / 1786 Flemish & Brabantine Buckwheat Vlaamsche en Brabantsche boekweit last 111.00 Guilders
6 / 1786 Flemish & Brabantine Buckwheat Vlaamsche en Brabantsche boekweit last 123.00 Guilders
7 / 1786 Flemish & Brabantine Buckwheat Vlaamsche en Brabantsche boekweit last 126.00 Guilders
8 / 1786 Flemish & Brabantine Buckwheat Vlaamsche en Brabantsche boekweit last 133.00 Guilders
9 / 1786 Flemish & Brabantine Buckwheat Vlaamsche en Brabantsche boekweit last 129.00 Guilders
10 / 1786 Flemish & Brabantine Buckwheat Vlaamsche en Brabantsche boekweit last 117.00 Guilders
11 / 1786 Flemish & Brabantine Buckwheat Vlaamsche en Brabantsche boekweit last 123.00 Guilders
12 / 1786 Flemish & Brabantine Buckwheat Vlaamsche en Brabantsche boekweit last 114.00 Guilders
1 / 1786 Frisian Winter-Barley Friesche Wintergerst last 95.90 Guilders
2 / 1786 Frisian Winter-Barley Friesche Wintergerst last 95.20 Guilders
3 / 1786 Frisian Winter-Barley Friesche Wintergerst last 98.00 Guilders
4 / 1786 Frisian Winter-Barley Friesche Wintergerst last 100.80 Guilders
5 / 1786 Frisian Winter-Barley Friesche Wintergerst last 102.20 Guilders
10 / 1786 Frisian Winter-Barley Friesche Wintergerst last 120.40 Guilders
11 / 1786 Frisian Winter-Barley Friesche Wintergerst last 109.20 Guilders
12 / 1786 Frisian Winter-Barley Friesche Wintergerst last 109.20 Guilders
1 / 1786 Frisian and East-Frisian coleseed Friesch en Oostfriesch koolzaad last 225.00 Guilders
2 / 1786 Frisian and East-Frisian coleseed Friesch en Oostfriesch koolzaad last 225.00 Guilders
3 / 1786 Frisian and East-Frisian coleseed Friesch en Oostfriesch koolzaad last 264.00 Guilders
4 / 1786 Frisian and East-Frisian coleseed Friesch en Oostfriesch koolzaad last 246.00 Guilders
5 / 1786 Frisian and East-Frisian coleseed Friesch en Oostfriesch koolzaad last 246.00 Guilders
9 / 1786 Frisian and East-Frisian coleseed Friesch en Oostfriesch koolzaad last 375.00 Guilders
10 / 1786 Frisian and East-Frisian coleseed Friesch en Oostfriesch koolzaad last 369.00 Guilders
11 / 1786 Frisian and East-Frisian coleseed Friesch en Oostfriesch koolzaad last 372.00 Guilders
12 / 1786 Frisian and East-Frisian coleseed Friesch en Oostfriesch koolzaad last 360.00 Guilders
4 / 1786 Frisian wheat Friesche tarwe last 157.50 Guilders
5 / 1786 Frisian wheat Friesche tarwe last 140.00 Guilders
6 / 1786 Frisian wheat Friesche tarwe last 143.50 Guilders
1 / 1786 Full Herring Volle Haring last 215.00 Guilders 19
2 / 1786 Full Herring Volle Haring last 215.00 Guilders 19
3 / 1786 Full Herring Volle Haring last 215.00 Guilders 19
4 / 1786 Full Herring Volle Haring last 215.00 Guilders 19
5 / 1786 Full Herring Volle Haring last 215.00 Guilders 19
7 / 1786 Full Herring Volle Haring last 290.00 Guilders 19
8 / 1786 Full Herring Volle Haring last 290.00 Guilders 19
9 / 1786 Full Herring Volle Haring last 190.00 Guilders 19
10 / 1786 Full Herring Volle Haring last 245.00 Guilders 19
11 / 1786 Full Herring Volle Haring last 240.00 Guilders 19
12 / 1786 Full Herring Volle Haring last 240.00 Guilders 19
1 / 1786 Gatimalo Indigo Guatimalo Indigo pound 5.63 Guilders 48
2 / 1786 Gatimalo Indigo Guatimalo Indigo pound 5.63 Guilders 48
3 / 1786 Gatimalo Indigo Guatimalo Indigo pound 5.63 Guilders 48