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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
8 / 1799 Gatinais Saffron Gastinois Saffraan pound 24.00 Guilders 69
1 / 1799 Genoese Yellow Oil Genueesche gele olie tun 870.00 Guilders 36
1 / 1799 German Millet Duitsche Gierst 100 pounds 10.00 Guilders
1 / 1799 Groningen and Oldambt winter-barley Groninger en Oldambter wintergerst last 140.00 Guilders
2 / 1799 Groningen and Oldambt winter-barley Groninger en Oldambter wintergerst last 140.00 Guilders
3 / 1799 Groningen and Oldambt winter-barley Groninger en Oldambter wintergerst last 154.00 Guilders
4 / 1799 Groningen and Oldambt winter-barley Groninger en Oldambter wintergerst last 185.50 Guilders
5 / 1799 Groningen and Oldambt winter-barley Groninger en Oldambter wintergerst last 196.00 Guilders
1 / 1799 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 100.00 Guilders 8
2 / 1799 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 100.00 Guilders 8
3 / 1799 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 100.00 Guilders 8
4 / 1799 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 100.00 Guilders 8
5 / 1799 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 100.00 Guilders 8
6 / 1799 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 100.00 Guilders 8
7 / 1799 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 100.00 Guilders 8
8 / 1799 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 100.00 Guilders 8
1 / 1799 Horse-Beans Paardeboonen last 180.00 Guilders
2 / 1799 Horse-Beans Paardeboonen last 180.00 Guilders
3 / 1799 Horse-Beans Paardeboonen last 180.00 Guilders
4 / 1799 Horse-Beans Paardeboonen last 177.00 Guilders
5 / 1799 Horse-Beans Paardeboonen last 201.00 Guilders
6 / 1799 Horse-Beans Paardeboonen last 237.00 Guilders
7 / 1799 Horse-Beans Paardeboonen last 258.00 Guilders
8 / 1799 Horse-Beans Paardeboonen last 246.00 Guilders
9 / 1799 Horse-Beans Paardeboonen last 234.00 Guilders
11 / 1799 Horse-Beans Paardeboonen last 216.00 Guilders
12 / 1799 Horse-Beans Paardeboonen last 204.00 Guilders
1 / 1799 Iron-Wire Ijzerdraad 100 pounds 3.18 Guilders
2 / 1799 Iron-Wire Ijzerdraad 100 pounds 3.18 Guilders
3 / 1799 Iron-Wire Ijzerdraad 100 pounds 3.18 Guilders
4 / 1799 Iron-Wire Ijzerdraad 100 pounds 3.18 Guilders
5 / 1799 Iron-Wire Ijzerdraad 100 pounds 3.18 Guilders
6 / 1799 Iron-Wire Ijzerdraad 100 pounds 3.18 Guilders
7 / 1799 Iron-Wire Ijzerdraad 100 pounds 3.18 Guilders
8 / 1799 Iron-Wire Ijzerdraad 100 pounds 3.18 Guilders
7 / 1799 Java Coffee-Beans Java Koffieboonen pound 1.20 Guilders 45
1 / 1799 Java Indigo Java Indigo pound 8.00 Guilders 47
2 / 1799 Java Indigo Java Indigo pound 8.00 Guilders 47
3 / 1799 Java Indigo Java Indigo pound 8.00 Guilders 47
4 / 1799 Java Indigo Java Indigo pound 8.00 Guilders 47
5 / 1799 Java Indigo Java Indigo pound 8.00 Guilders 47
6 / 1799 Java Indigo Java Indigo pound 8.00 Guilders 47
7 / 1799 Java Indigo Java Indigo pound 8.00 Guilders 47
8 / 1799 Java Indigo Java Indigo pound 8.00 Guilders 47
1 / 1799 Konigsberg Moscovite Bear's Foot ashes Koningsberger Moscovische Berenklauwasch last 720.00 Guilders 80
2 / 1799 Konigsberg Moscovite Bear's Foot ashes Koningsberger Moscovische Berenklauwasch last 720.00 Guilders 80
3 / 1799 Konigsberg Moscovite Bear's Foot ashes Koningsberger Moscovische Berenklauwasch last 720.00 Guilders 80
4 / 1799 Konigsberg Moscovite Bear's Foot ashes Koningsberger Moscovische Berenklauwasch last 720.00 Guilders 80
1 / 1799 Konigsberg Rye Koningsberger rogge last 192.50 Guilders
2 / 1799 Konigsberg Rye Koningsberger rogge last 192.50 Guilders