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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
11 / 1653 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.17 Guilders
12 / 1653 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.17 Guilders
10 / 1653 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 26.00 Guilders
11 / 1653 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 26.00 Guilders
12 / 1653 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 25.00 Guilders
12 / 1653 Paternoster Flax Paternoster Vlas ship-pound 54.00 Guilders
10 / 1653 Polish Summer Wool Poolsche Zomerwol pound 1.08 Guilders
11 / 1653 Polish Summer Wool Poolsche Zomerwol pound 1.08 Guilders
12 / 1653 Polish Summer Wool Poolsche Zomerwol pound 1.08 Guilders
10 / 1653 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 141.40 Guilders
11 / 1653 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 148.40 Guilders
12 / 1653 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 138.60 Guilders
10 / 1653 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 31.00 Guilders
11 / 1653 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 30.25 Guilders
12 / 1653 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 30.75 Guilders
10 / 1653 Sappan Wood Sappan Hout 100 pounds 18.00 Guilders 23
11 / 1653 Sappan Wood Sappan Hout 100 pounds 18.00 Guilders 23
12 / 1653 Sappan Wood Sappan Hout 100 pounds 20.25 Guilders 23
10 / 1653 Sherry Syrese Secken tun 342.00 Guilders 39
11 / 1653 Sherry Syrese Secken tun 342.00 Guilders 39
12 / 1653 Sherry Syrese Secken tun 357.00 Guilders 39
10 / 1653 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 43.00 Guilders
11 / 1653 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 43.00 Guilders
12 / 1653 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 44.00 Guilders
10 / 1653 Small Pepper Kleine peper Pound 0.58 Guilders 29
11 / 1653 Small Pepper Kleine peper Pound 0.58 Guilders 29
12 / 1653 Small Pepper Kleine peper Pound 0.67 Guilders 29
10 / 1653 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.41 Guilders
11 / 1653 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.41 Guilders
12 / 1653 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.46 Guilders
10 / 1653 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 699.00 Guilders
11 / 1653 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 699.00 Guilders
12 / 1653 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 696.00 Guilders
10 / 1653 Steel in Bars Staal in Staven 100 pounds 21.50 Guilders 63
11 / 1653 Steel in Bars Staal in Staven 100 pounds 21.50 Guilders 63
12 / 1653 Steel in Bars Staal in Staven 100 pounds 21.50 Guilders 63
10 / 1653 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 8.00 Guilders 87
11 / 1653 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 8.00 Guilders 87
12 / 1653 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 8.00 Guilders 87
10 / 1653 Swedish Brass-Wire Zweedsch Koperdraad 100 pounds 50.00 Guilders
11 / 1653 Swedish Brass-Wire Zweedsch Koperdraad 100 pounds 50.00 Guilders
12 / 1653 Swedish Brass-Wire Zweedsch Koperdraad 100 pounds 55.00 Guilders
1 / 1653 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 38.55 Guilders 4
3 / 1653 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 42.09 Guilders 4
4 / 1653 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 41.00 Guilders 4
7 / 1653 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 41.00 Guilders 4
10 / 1653 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 42.00 Guilders 4
11 / 1653 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 42.00 Guilders 4
12 / 1653 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 49.00 Guilders 4
10 / 1653 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 7.81 Guilders 91