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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: 1808
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
9 / 1808 Mocha Coffee-Beans Mokka Koffieboonen pound 2.35 Guilders 59
8 / 1808 Molina and Castilian wool Molina en Castiliaansche wol pound 2.70 Banco
8 / 1808 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.29 Guilders
8 / 1808 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 238.00 Guilders
8 / 1808 Rope-Yarn of Clean Hemp Kabelgaren van Rein-Hennep ship-pound 111.00 Guilders
8 / 1808 Sail-Yarn Zeilgaren 4 trusses 43.00 Guilders
8 / 1808 Sole-leather of Native Backs Zoolleer van Inlandsche Ruggen pound 0.65 Guilders
8 / 1808 Soria Segovia wool Soria Segovia wol pound 3.25 Banco
8 / 1808 Souchon Tea Souchon Thee pound 2.60 Guilders
8 / 1808 Spotted and white Polish wheat Bonte en witte Poolsche tarwe last 413.00 Guilders
8 / 1808 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 2850.00 Guilders
8 / 1808 Starch Stijfsel 100 pounds 17.75 Guilders
8 / 1808 Tonkin Musk Muscus van Tonkin ounce 25.00 Guilders
8 / 1808 Varinas Tobacco Varinas Tabak pound 3.50 Guilders 93
8 / 1808 Venetian Turpentine Venetiaansche Terpentijn 100 pounds 70.00 Guilders
8 / 1808 Virginian Tobacco leaves Virginia Tabaksbladen pound 0.95 Guilders
8 / 1808 Washed Segovia Lamb's wool Gewasschen Segovia Lamswol 100 pounds 262.50 Guilders
8 / 1808 Weesp corn-brandy Korenbrandewijn van Weesp aum 59.25 Guilders
8 / 1808 White Bordeaux wine Witte Bordeauxwijn 4 hogsheads 255.00 Guilders
8 / 1808 White Candy Witte Kandij pound 1.49 Guilders 30
8 / 1808 White forage-oats Witte voerhaver last 87.50 Guilders
8 / 1808 White-Lead Loodwit 100 pounds 21.25 Guilders 6
8 / 1808 Zantos Currants Xantos' Krenten 100 pounds 54.00 Guilders
8 / 1808 Zealand wheat Zeeuwsche tarwe last 290.50 Guilders
8 / 1808 Apulian oil Olie van Puglia tun 1200.00 Guilders 36
8 / 1808 Black (or brown) peper Zwarte (of bruine) peper Pound 1.75 Guilders 29
8 / 1808 Bordeaux Brandy Bordeaux Brandewijn 30 double gallons 103.50 Guilders 38
8 / 1808 Buenos Aires Hides Buenos Aires Huiden pound 0.63 Guilders 61
8 / 1808 Caracas Cocoa Caracas Cacao pound 1.90 Guilders 53
8 / 1808 Cloves Nagelen pound 4.20 Guilders 16
8 / 1808 Common Madder Gemeene Meekrap 100 pounds 18.00 Guilders 75
8 / 1808 Fine Silver Fijn Zilver mark 25.38 Guilders 84
8 / 1808 Native Tobacco leaves Inlandsche Tabaksbladen 100 pounds 38.00 Guilders 82
8 / 1808 Norwegian cod-liver oil Noordsche levertraan tun 75.00 Guilders 13
8 / 1808 Nutmeg Noten pound 27.00 Guilders 49
8 / 1808 Ordinary Buoy Tea Ordinaire Boei Thee pound 1.33 Guilders 56
8 / 1808 Pecco Tea Pecco Thee pound 4.38 Guilders 52
8 / 1808 Pernambuco Wood Pernambuco Hout 100 pounds 130.00 Guilders 77
1 / 1808 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 52.00 Guilders 88
2 / 1808 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 55.00 Guilders 88
3 / 1808 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 56.00 Guilders 88
4 / 1808 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 58.25 Guilders 88
5 / 1808 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 65.00 Guilders 88
6 / 1808 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 80.00 Guilders 88
7 / 1808 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 82.50 Guilders 88
8 / 1808 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 90.50 Guilders 88
9 / 1808 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 86.00 Guilders 88
10 / 1808 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 80.00 Guilders 88
11 / 1808 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 77.00 Guilders 88
12 / 1808 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 78.00 Guilders 88