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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: 1652
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
8 / 1652 Luneberg and Bremer Shorn Wool Luneburger en Bremer Schoorwol 100 pounds 39.50 Guilders
8 / 1652 Marseilles Soap Marseillaansche Zeep 100 pounds 27.00 Guilders 78
8 / 1652 Mercury Kwikzilver pound 1.55 Guilders 58
8 / 1652 Mexican Cochineal Mexicaansche Cochenille pound 13.20 Guilders 14
8 / 1652 Milanese Rice Milaansche rijst 100 pounds 12.45 Guilders
8 / 1652 Muscovados Moscovades pound 0.50 Guilders 33
8 / 1652 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun 33.50 Guilders 81
8 / 1652 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.16 Guilders
8 / 1652 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 27.00 Guilders
8 / 1652 Paternoster Flax Paternoster Vlas ship-pound 39.00 Guilders
8 / 1652 Polish Summer Wool Poolsche Zomerwol pound 0.85 Guilders
8 / 1652 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 235.20 Guilders
8 / 1652 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 30.50 Guilders
8 / 1652 Sherry Syrese Secken tun 300.00 Guilders 39
8 / 1652 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 43.25 Guilders
8 / 1652 Small Pepper Kleine peper Pound 0.43 Guilders 29
8 / 1652 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.34 Guilders
8 / 1652 Split Stockfish Roodschaar 100 pounds 7.50 Guilders
8 / 1652 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 474.00 Guilders
8 / 1652 Steel in Bars Staal in Staven 100 pounds 21.25 Guilders 63
8 / 1652 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 6.25 Guilders 87
8 / 1652 Swedish Brass-Wire Zweedsch Koperdraad 100 pounds 48.00 Guilders
1 / 1652 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 39.00 Guilders 4
8 / 1652 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 38.00 Guilders 4
8 / 1652 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 6.50 Guilders 91
8 / 1652 The Best Bear's Foot Ashes De Beste Berenklauwasch last 630.00 Guilders 80
8 / 1652 The Best Dantzig Potash De Beste Dantziger Potasch 100 pounds 22.50 Guilders
8 / 1652 Train-Oil Spektraan 100 pounds 33.50 Guilders 13
8 / 1652 Treacle Suikersiroop pound 13.95 Guilders 90
8 / 1652 Unbleached Hondschoote Serges, 3 Seals Ongebleekte Hondschootsche Saaien, 3 Looden piece 26.25 Guilders
8 / 1652 Valence Almonds Valencia Amandelen 100 pounds 40.00 Guilders 72
8 / 1652 Warder wheat Warder tarwe last 316.40 Guilders
8 / 1652 Washed Segovia Lamb's wool Gewasschen Segovia Lamswol 100 pounds 89.00 Guilders
8 / 1652 West Indian Hides Westindische Huiden pound 0.36 Guilders 61
8 / 1652 White Candy Witte Kandij pound 1.43 Guilders 30
8 / 1652 Yufts Juchten pound 0.83 Guilders 46
8 / 1652 Apulian oil Olie van Puglia tun 504.00 Guilders 35
8 / 1652 Baltic (Dry) Wax Oostersche (Droge) Was 100 pounds 74.50 Guilders 11
8 / 1652 Big Gallnuts Groote Galnoten 100 pounds 32.50 Guilders 9
8 / 1652 Bordeaux Brandy Bordeaux Brandewijn 30 double gallons 84.00 Guilders 38
8 / 1652 Bordeaux Honey bordeaux Honig tun 267.00 Guilders 92
8 / 1652 Brazilian white sugar Braziliaansche witte suiker pound 0.69 Guilders 31
8 / 1652 Cloves in various qualities Nagelen in soorten pound 3.50 Guilders 16
8 / 1652 Common Madder Gemeene Meekrap 100 pounds 19.50 Guilders 75
8 / 1652 Currants Krenten 100 pounds 22.50 Guilders 67
9 / 1652 English Alum Engelsch Aluin 100 pounds 8.10 Guilders 42
8 / 1652 English Copperas Engelsch Koperrood (Couperose) 100 pounds 5.50 Guilders 51
8 / 1652 English Lead Engelsch Lood 100 pounds 10.43 Guilders 65
8 / 1652 Figs Vijgen 100 pounds 13.00 Guilders 13
8 / 1652 Fine Refined Sugar Fijne Faffinade pound 0.80 Guilders 32