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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: 1656
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
1 / 1656 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 59.00 Guilders 4
2 / 1656 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 58.91 Guilders 4
3 / 1656 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 58.36 Guilders 4
4 / 1656 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 57.91 Guilders 4
5 / 1656 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 56.55 Guilders 4
6 / 1656 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 55.82 Guilders 4
7 / 1656 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 55.18 Guilders 4
8 / 1656 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 57.18 Guilders 4
9 / 1656 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 59.00 Guilders 4
10 / 1656 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 58.91 Guilders 4
11 / 1656 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 56.64 Guilders 4
12 / 1656 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 56.27 Guilders 4
1 / 1656 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 7.50 Guilders 91
2 / 1656 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 7.50 Guilders 91
3 / 1656 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 7.13 Guilders 91
4 / 1656 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 7.19 Guilders 91
9 / 1656 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 6.88 Guilders 91
11 / 1656 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 6.75 Guilders 91
11 / 1656 Hamburg Sheet-copper Hamburgsch Bladkoper 100 pounds 61.50 Guilders 25
Month / Year: 1657
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
7 / 1657 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 309.00 Guilders
1 / 1657 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 58.27 Guilders 4
2 / 1657 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 59.09 Guilders 4
3 / 1657 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 58.55 Guilders 4
4 / 1657 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 57.27 Guilders 4
5 / 1657 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 57.55 Guilders 4
7 / 1657 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 59.00 Guilders 4
8 / 1657 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 58.91 Guilders 4
9 / 1657 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 58.82 Guilders 4
10 / 1657 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 59.19 Guilders 4
9 / 1657 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 6.88 Guilders 91
10 / 1657 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 6.38 Guilders 91
10 / 1657 East Indian Saltpetre Oostindische Salpeter 100 pounds 46.25 Guilders 1
Month / Year: 1658
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
4 / 1658 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 60.55 Guilders 4
5 / 1658 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 59.00 Guilders 4
6 / 1658 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 57.73 Guilders 4
7 / 1658 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 56.55 Guilders 4
8 / 1658 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 55.09 Guilders 4
9 / 1658 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 55.00 Guilders 4
10 / 1658 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 55.00 Guilders 4
8 / 1658 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 6.00 Guilders 91
Month / Year: 1659
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
6 / 1659 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 52.00 Guilders 4
7 / 1659 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 52.00 Guilders 4
Month / Year: 1660
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
9 / 1660 Swedish Brass-Wire Zweedsch Koperdraad 100 pounds 51.50 Guilders
10 / 1660 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 57.00 Guilders 4
10 / 1660 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 5.50 Guilders 91
10 / 1660 Hamburg Sheet-copper Hamburgsch Bladkoper 100 pounds 66.25 Guilders 25
11 / 1660 Hamburg Sheet-copper Hamburgsch Bladkoper 100 pounds 69.00 Guilders 25
10 / 1660 French Bordeaux Wine Fransche Bordeauxwijn tun 150.00 Guilders 37
Month / Year: 1661
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
3 / 1661 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 426.00 Guilders
3 / 1661 Swedish Brass-Wire Zweedsch Koperdraad 100 pounds 53.25 Guilders