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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
7 / 1806 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 69.00 Guilders 64
8 / 1806 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 68.00 Guilders 64
9 / 1806 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 66.00 Guilders 64
10 / 1806 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 72.00 Guilders 64
11 / 1806 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 69.25 Guilders 64
12 / 1806 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 66.00 Guilders 64
10 / 1806 Loaf-sugar Melissuiker pound 0.52 Guilders 89
10 / 1806 Washed Segovia Lamb's wool Gewasschen Segovia Lamswol 100 pounds 282.50 Guilders
10 / 1806 Weesp corn-brandy Korenbrandewijn van Weesp aum 55.75 Guilders
10 / 1806 White Bordeaux wine Witte Bordeauxwijn 4 hogsheads 255.00 Guilders
10 / 1806 White Candy Witte Kandij pound 0.73 Guilders 30
9 / 1806 White forage-oats Witte voerhaver last 112.00 Guilders
10 / 1806 White-Lead Loodwit 100 pounds 21.00 Guilders 6
10 / 1806 Yellow Wood Geelhout 100 pounds 9.00 Guilders 26
10 / 1806 Zantos Currants Xantos' Krenten 100 pounds 28.50 Guilders
10 / 1806 Zealand wheat Zeeuwsche tarwe last 434.00 Guilders
10 / 1806 Black (or brown) peper Zwarte (of bruine) peper Pound 0.50 Guilders 29
10 / 1806 Blue Smyrna Gallnuts Blauwe Smirna Galnoten 100 pounds 103.50 Guilders 9
10 / 1806 Bordeaux Brandy Bordeaux Brandewijn 30 double gallons 97.50 Guilders 38
10 / 1806 Brazilian white sugar Braziliaansche witte suiker pound 0.37 Guilders 31
10 / 1806 Buenos Aires Hides Buenos Aires Huiden pound 0.39 Guilders 61
10 / 1806 Cloves Nagelen pound 1.90 Guilders 16
10 / 1806 Common Madder Gemeene Meekrap 100 pounds 17.00 Guilders 75
10 / 1806 English Alum Engelsch Aluin 100 pounds 19.50 Guilders 42
10 / 1806 English Copperas Engelsch Koperrood (Couperose) 100 pounds 10.75 Guilders 51
10 / 1806 Fine Silver Fijn Zilver mark 25.30 Guilders 84
10 / 1806 Native Tobacco leaves Inlandsche Tabaksbladen 100 pounds 24.00 Guilders 82
10 / 1806 Norwegian cod-liver oil Noordsche levertraan tun 58.00 Guilders 13
10 / 1806 Nutmeg Noten pound 13.75 Guilders 49
10 / 1806 Ordinary Buoy Tea Ordinaire Boei Thee pound 0.58 Guilders 56
10 / 1806 Pecco Tea Pecco Thee pound 3.50 Guilders 52
10 / 1806 Pernambuco Wood Pernambuco Hout 100 pounds 47.00 Guilders 77
10 / 1806 Preserved Ginger Geconfijte Gember Pound 1.00 Guilders 28
1 / 1806 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 79.00 Guilders 88
2 / 1806 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 75.50 Guilders 88
3 / 1806 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 69.00 Guilders 88
4 / 1806 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 64.50 Guilders 88
5 / 1806 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 66.50 Guilders 88
6 / 1806 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 60.00 Guilders 88
7 / 1806 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 59.00 Guilders 88
8 / 1806 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 55.50 Guilders 88
9 / 1806 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 55.50 Guilders 88
10 / 1806 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 56.00 Guilders 88
11 / 1806 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 56.00 Guilders 88
12 / 1806 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 54.50 Guilders 88
10 / 1806 Refined Borax Geraffineerde Borax pound 0.85 Guilders 50
10 / 1806 Refined Sugar Raffinade pound 0.60 Guilders 32
10 / 1806 Refined Sulphur Geraffineerde Zwavel 100 pounds 19.00 Guilders 20
10 / 1806 San Domingo Coffee San Domingo Koffie pound 0.91 Guilders 54
10 / 1806 White Salt Wit Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 1410.00 Guilders 41