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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: 1664
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
12 / 1664 Loaf-sugar Melissuiker pound 0.44 Guilders 89
12 / 1664 Long Prunes Lange Pruimen 100 pounds 6.15 Guilders
12 / 1664 Long Raisins Lange Rozijnen 100 pounds 18.50 Guilders 71
12 / 1664 Luneberg and Bremer Shorn Wool Luneburger en Bremer Schoorwol 100 pounds 33.50 Guilders
12 / 1664 Marseilles Soap Marseillaansche Zeep 100 pounds 23.25 Guilders 78
12 / 1664 Matie Maatjesharing last 118.00 Guilders
12 / 1664 Mercury Kwikzilver pound 1.80 Guilders 58
12 / 1664 Mexican Cochineal Mexicaansche Cochenille pound 15.15 Guilders 14
12 / 1664 Milanese Rice Milaansche rijst 100 pounds 10.80 Guilders
12 / 1664 Muscovados Moscovades pound 0.51 Guilders 33
12 / 1664 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun 37.25 Guilders 81
12 / 1664 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.16 Guilders
12 / 1664 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 25.00 Guilders
12 / 1664 Paternoster Flax Paternoster Vlas ship-pound 38.50 Guilders
12 / 1664 Polish Summer Wool Poolsche Zomerwol pound 0.58 Guilders
12 / 1664 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 130.20 Guilders
12 / 1664 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 64.50 Guilders
12 / 1664 Sappan Wood Sappan Hout 100 pounds 14.00 Guilders 23
12 / 1664 Sherry Syrese Secken tun 243.00 Guilders 39
12 / 1664 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 36.50 Guilders
12 / 1664 Small Pepper Kleine peper Pound 0.61 Guilders 29
12 / 1664 Sole-Leather Zoolleer pound 0.58 Guilders
12 / 1664 Split Stockfish Roodschaar 100 pounds 8.00 Guilders
3 / 1664 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 348.00 Guilders
5 / 1664 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 330.00 Guilders
6 / 1664 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 360.00 Guilders
7 / 1664 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 336.00 Guilders
8 / 1664 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 348.00 Guilders
9 / 1664 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 348.00 Guilders
11 / 1664 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 396.00 Guilders
12 / 1664 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 396.00 Guilders
12 / 1664 Steel in Bars Staal in Staven 100 pounds 24.00 Guilders 63
12 / 1664 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 8.38 Guilders 87
3 / 1664 Swedish Brass-Wire Zweedsch Koperdraad 100 pounds 55.00 Guilders
5 / 1664 Swedish Brass-Wire Zweedsch Koperdraad 100 pounds 53.25 Guilders
6 / 1664 Swedish Brass-Wire Zweedsch Koperdraad 100 pounds 53.25 Guilders
7 / 1664 Swedish Brass-Wire Zweedsch Koperdraad 100 pounds 53.00 Guilders
8 / 1664 Swedish Brass-Wire Zweedsch Koperdraad 100 pounds 57.50 Guilders
9 / 1664 Swedish Brass-Wire Zweedsch Koperdraad 100 pounds 66.00 Guilders
11 / 1664 Swedish Brass-Wire Zweedsch Koperdraad 100 pounds 60.00 Guilders
12 / 1664 Swedish Brass-Wire Zweedsch Koperdraad 100 pounds 60.50 Guilders
1 / 1664 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 53.27 Guilders 4
4 / 1664 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 54.27 Guilders 4
5 / 1664 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 55.00 Guilders 4
6 / 1664 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 55.00 Guilders 4
7 / 1664 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 53.00 Guilders 4
8 / 1664 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 60.00 Guilders 4
9 / 1664 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 58.55 Guilders 4
11 / 1664 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 60.55 Guilders 4
12 / 1664 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 60.25 Guilders 4