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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: 1650
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
1 / 1650 Unbleached Hondschoote Serges, 3 Seals Ongebleekte Hondschootsche Saaien, 3 Looden piece 33.90 Guilders
2 / 1650 Unbleached Hondschoote Serges, 3 Seals Ongebleekte Hondschootsche Saaien, 3 Looden piece 34.35 Guilders
3 / 1650 Unbleached Hondschoote Serges, 3 Seals Ongebleekte Hondschootsche Saaien, 3 Looden piece 34.80 Guilders
4 / 1650 Unbleached Hondschoote Serges, 3 Seals Ongebleekte Hondschootsche Saaien, 3 Looden piece 34.80 Guilders
5 / 1650 Unbleached Hondschoote Serges, 3 Seals Ongebleekte Hondschootsche Saaien, 3 Looden piece 36.15 Guilders
1 / 1650 Valence Almonds Valencia Amandelen 100 pounds 36.00 Guilders 72
2 / 1650 Valence Almonds Valencia Amandelen 100 pounds 36.00 Guilders 72
3 / 1650 Valence Almonds Valencia Amandelen 100 pounds 36.00 Guilders 72
4 / 1650 Valence Almonds Valencia Amandelen 100 pounds 36.00 Guilders 72
5 / 1650 Valence Almonds Valencia Amandelen 100 pounds 35.00 Guilders 72
1 / 1650 Warder wheat Warder tarwe last 296.80 Guilders
2 / 1650 Warder wheat Warder tarwe last 273.00 Guilders
3 / 1650 Warder wheat Warder tarwe last 273.00 Guilders
4 / 1650 Warder wheat Warder tarwe last 243.60 Guilders
5 / 1650 Warder wheat Warder tarwe last 208.13 Guilders
Month / Year: 1651
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
11 / 1651 Luneberg and Bremer Shorn Wool Luneburger en Bremer Schoorwol 100 pounds 39.50 Guilders
11 / 1651 Marseilles Soap Marseillaansche Zeep 100 pounds 28.00 Guilders 78
11 / 1651 Matie Maatjesharing last 109.00 Guilders
11 / 1651 Mercury Kwikzilver pound 1.58 Guilders 58
11 / 1651 Mexican Cochineal Mexicaansche Cochenille pound 13.95 Guilders 14
11 / 1651 Milanese Rice Milaansche rijst 100 pounds 17.10 Guilders
11 / 1651 Muscovados Moscovades pound 0.53 Guilders 33
11 / 1651 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun 33.50 Guilders 81
11 / 1651 Native Salted Hides Inlandsche Gezouten Huiden pound 0.17 Guilders
11 / 1651 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 27.00 Guilders
11 / 1651 Paternoster Flax Paternoster Vlas ship-pound 37.00 Guilders
11 / 1651 Polish Summer Wool Poolsche Zomerwol pound 0.85 Guilders
11 / 1651 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 246.40 Guilders
11 / 1651 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 28.50 Guilders
11 / 1651 Sappan Wood Sappan Hout 100 pounds 23.00 Guilders 23
11 / 1651 Sherry Syrese Secken tun 345.00 Guilders 39
11 / 1651 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 41.75 Guilders
11 / 1651 Small Pepper Kleine peper Pound 0.43 Guilders 29
11 / 1651 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.34 Guilders
11 / 1651 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 432.00 Guilders
11 / 1651 Steel in Bars Staal in Staven 100 pounds 22.00 Guilders 63
11 / 1651 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 6.00 Guilders 87
11 / 1651 Swedish Brass-Wire Zweedsch Koperdraad 100 pounds 49.17 Guilders
2 / 1651 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 45.55 Guilders 4
7 / 1651 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 40.91 Guilders 4
8 / 1651 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 41.00 Guilders 4
10 / 1651 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 41.00 Guilders 4
11 / 1651 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 40.00 Guilders 4
11 / 1651 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 6.63 Guilders 91
11 / 1651 The Best Bear's Foot Ashes De Beste Berenklauwasch last 1350.00 Guilders 80
11 / 1651 The Best Dantzig Potash De Beste Dantziger Potasch 100 pounds 24.00 Guilders
11 / 1651 Train-Oil Spektraan 100 pounds 32.00 Guilders 13
11 / 1651 Treacle Suikersiroop pound 16.35 Guilders 90
11 / 1651 Unbleached Hondschoote Serges, 3 Seals Ongebleekte Hondschootsche Saaien, 3 Looden piece 29.70 Guilders
11 / 1651 Valence Almonds Valencia Amandelen 100 pounds 45.00 Guilders 72