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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: 1805
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
5 / 1805 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 83.00 Guilders 64
6 / 1805 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 79.50 Guilders 64
7 / 1805 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 78.85 Guilders 64
8 / 1805 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 80.00 Guilders 64
9 / 1805 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 78.50 Guilders 64
10 / 1805 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 79.00 Guilders 64
11 / 1805 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 80.00 Guilders 64
12 / 1805 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 75.00 Guilders 64
8 / 1805 Linseed-Cakes Lijnkoeken 100 pounds 3.50 Guilders 15
1 / 1805 Loaf-sugar Melissuiker pound 0.57 Guilders 89
7 / 1805 Loaf-sugar Melissuiker pound 0.57 Guilders 89
8 / 1805 Loaf-sugar Melissuiker pound 0.57 Guilders 89
11 / 1805 Loaf-sugar Melissuiker pound 0.54 Guilders 89
Month / Year: 1806
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
10 / 1806 Aix-la-Chapelle and Namur Kettles Ketels van Aken en Namen 100 pounds 118.00 Guilders
10 / 1806 Antioch Silk Antiochische Zijde pound 9.90 Guilders
10 / 1806 Ardasse Silk First Quality Ardassette Zijde 1ste Soort pound 10.80 Guilders
10 / 1806 Basins Bekkens 100 pounds 118.00 Guilders
10 / 1806 Bologna Organzine of Baratti Bologneesche Organsijn van Baratti pound 21.45 Guilders
10 / 1806 Brew-oats Brouwhaver last 147.00 Guilders
10 / 1806 Brown Rye Bruine Rogge last 318.50 Guilders
10 / 1806 Brown Treacle Bruine siroop pound 18.30 Guilders
10 / 1806 Camel-hair Kameelhaar pound 3.38 Guilders
10 / 1806 Card-Thread Kaardendraad 100 pounds 80.50 Guilders
10 / 1806 Crowned Stockholm Pitch Gekroond Stockholmsch Pek last 336.00 Guilders
10 / 1806 Dantzig White Potash Dantziger Witte Potasch 100 pounds 43.50 Guilders
10 / 1806 Dry Danish Hides Droge Deensche Huiden pound 0.49 Guilders
10 / 1806 Fine Gold in Bars Fijn Goud in Baren mark 391.82 Guilders
10 / 1806 Fine Segovia wool Fijne Segovia wol pound 5.20 Banco
10 / 1806 Flemish & Brabantine Buckwheat Vlaamsche en Brabantsche boekweit last 291.00 Guilders
10 / 1806 French Wine of the Highlands Fransche Hooglandsche Wijn 4 hogsheads 330.00 Guilders
10 / 1806 Frisian Winter-Barley Friesche Wintergerst last 210.00 Guilders
10 / 1806 Frisian and East-Frisian coleseed Friesch en Oostfriesch koolzaad last 348.00 Guilders
10 / 1806 Frisian wheat Friesche tarwe last 343.00 Guilders
10 / 1806 Full Herring Volle Haring last 400.00 Guilders 19
10 / 1806 Gatimalo Indigo Guatimalo Indigo pound 8.50 Guilders 47
10 / 1806 Gatinais Saffron Gastinois Saffraan pound 30.00 Guilders 69
10 / 1806 German Millet Duitsche Gierst 100 pounds 12.00 Guilders
10 / 1806 German Tartar Duitsche Wijnsteen 100 pounds 36.00 Guilders 2
10 / 1806 Groningen and Oldambt winter-barley Groninger en Oldambter wintergerst last 210.00 Guilders
10 / 1806 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 80.00 Guilders 8
10 / 1806 Iron-Wire Ijzerdraad 100 pounds 3.53 Guilders
10 / 1806 Java Indigo Java Indigo pound 6.63 Guilders 47
10 / 1806 Konigsberg Rye Koningsberger rogge last 371.00 Guilders
10 / 1806 Konigsberg wheat Koningsberger tarwe last 525.00 Guilders
1 / 1806 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 73.00 Guilders 64
2 / 1806 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 75.00 Guilders 64
3 / 1806 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 72.50 Guilders 64
4 / 1806 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 68.50 Guilders 64
5 / 1806 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 72.75 Guilders 64
6 / 1806 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 70.50 Guilders 64