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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 / 1803 Nutmeg Noten pound 8.50 Guilders 49
9 / 1803 Nutmeg Noten pound 8.50 Guilders 49
12 / 1803 Nutmeg Noten pound 8.00 Guilders 49
3 / 1803 Ordinary Buoy Tea Ordinaire Boei Thee pound 0.79 Guilders 56
8 / 1803 Ordinary Buoy Tea Ordinaire Boei Thee pound 0.84 Guilders 56
9 / 1803 Ordinary Buoy Tea Ordinaire Boei Thee pound 0.83 Guilders 56
3 / 1803 Pecco Tea Pecco Thee pound 4.65 Guilders 52
8 / 1803 Pecco Tea Pecco Thee pound 4.83 Guilders 52
9 / 1803 Pecco Tea Pecco Thee pound 4.63 Guilders 52
12 / 1803 Pernambuco Wood Pernambuco Hout 100 pounds 62.00 Guilders 77
1 / 1803 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 70.00 Guilders 88
2 / 1803 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 72.00 Guilders 88
3 / 1803 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 75.00 Guilders 88
4 / 1803 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 74.50 Guilders 88
5 / 1803 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 84.00 Guilders 88
6 / 1803 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 83.00 Guilders 88
7 / 1803 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 82.00 Guilders 88
8 / 1803 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 87.50 Guilders 88
9 / 1803 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 94.50 Guilders 88
10 / 1803 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 96.00 Guilders 88
11 / 1803 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 91.00 Guilders 88
12 / 1803 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 90.00 Guilders 88
3 / 1803 Refined Borax Geraffineerde Borax pound 0.90 Guilders 50
8 / 1803 Refined Borax Geraffineerde Borax pound 0.90 Guilders 50
9 / 1803 Refined Borax Geraffineerde Borax pound 0.90 Guilders 50
12 / 1803 Refined Borax Geraffineerde Borax pound 0.88 Guilders 50
3 / 1803 Refined Camphor Geraffineerde Kamfer pound 5.50 Guilders 57
8 / 1803 Refined Camphor Geraffineerde Kamfer pound 5.50 Guilders 57
9 / 1803 Refined Camphor Geraffineerde Kamfer pound 5.50 Guilders 57
12 / 1803 Refined Camphor Geraffineerde Kamfer pound 4.75 Guilders 57
3 / 1803 Refined Sugar Raffinade pound 0.53 Guilders 32
8 / 1803 Refined Sugar Raffinade pound 0.66 Guilders 32
9 / 1803 Refined Sugar Raffinade pound 0.64 Guilders 32
10 / 1803 Refined Sugar Raffinade pound 0.63 Guilders 32
11 / 1803 Refined Sugar Raffinade pound 0.63 Guilders 32
12 / 1803 Refined Sugar Raffinade pound 0.61 Guilders 32
3 / 1803 Refined Sulphur Geraffineerde Zwavel 100 pounds 10.25 Guilders 20
8 / 1803 Refined Sulphur Geraffineerde Zwavel 100 pounds 14.00 Guilders 20
9 / 1803 Refined Sulphur Geraffineerde Zwavel 100 pounds 14.00 Guilders 20
12 / 1803 Refined Sulphur Geraffineerde Zwavel 100 pounds 15.00 Guilders 20
3 / 1803 Roman Alum Roomsch Aluin 100 pounds 24.00 Guilders 2
12 / 1803 Roman Alum Roomsch Aluin 100 pounds 32.25 Guilders 2
3 / 1803 San Domingo Coffee San Domingo Koffie pound 0.64 Guilders 54
8 / 1803 San Domingo Coffee San Domingo Koffie pound 0.88 Guilders 54
9 / 1803 San Domingo Coffee San Domingo Koffie pound 0.96 Guilders 54
12 / 1803 San Domingo Coffee San Domingo Koffie pound 1.06 Guilders 54
3 / 1803 White Salt Wit Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 960.00 Guilders 41
8 / 1803 White Salt Wit Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 1080.00 Guilders 41
9 / 1803 White Salt Wit Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 1080.00 Guilders 41
12 / 1803 White Salt Wit Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 1080.00 Guilders 41