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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
8 / 1808 Long Cinnamon Lange Kaneel pound 7.25 Guilders
8 / 1808 Marseilles Soap Marseillaansche Zeep 100 pounds 70.00 Guilders 78
11 / 1808 Marseilles Soap Marseillaansche Zeep 100 pounds 55.00 Guilders 78
12 / 1808 Marseilles Soap Marseillaansche Zeep 100 pounds 55.00 Guilders 78
8 / 1808 Milanese Tram-silk First Quality Milaansche Tramzijde 1ste Soort pound 16.35 Guilders
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 Aix-la-Chapelle and Namur Kettles Ketels van Aken en Namen 100 pounds 118.00 Guilders
8 / 1808 Antioch Silk Antiochische Zijde pound 9.90 Guilders
8 / 1808 Ardasse Silk First Quality Ardassette Zijde 1ste Soort pound 10.80 Guilders
8 / 1808 Basins Bekkens 100 pounds 118.00 Guilders
8 / 1808 Bologna Organzine of Baratti Bologneesche Organsijn van Baratti pound 21.45 Guilders
8 / 1808 Brew-oats Brouwhaver last 140.00 Guilders
8 / 1808 Brown Rye Bruine Rogge last 203.00 Guilders
8 / 1808 Brown Treacle Bruine siroop pound 31.20 Guilders
8 / 1808 Card-Thread Kaardendraad 100 pounds 73.50 Guilders
8 / 1808 Crowned Stockholm Pitch Gekroond Stockholmsch Pek last 540.00 Guilders
8 / 1808 Dantzig White Potash Dantziger Witte Potasch 100 pounds 55.50 Guilders
8 / 1808 Dry Danish Hides Droge Deensche Huiden pound 0.49 Guilders
8 / 1808 Fine Gold in Bars Fijn Goud in Baren mark 404.70 Guilders
8 / 1808 Fine Segovia wool Fijne Segovia wol pound 4.60 Banco
8 / 1808 Flemish & Brabantine Buckwheat Vlaamsche en Brabantsche boekweit last 285.00 Guilders
8 / 1808 French Wine of the Highlands Fransche Hooglandsche Wijn 4 hogsheads 330.00 Guilders
8 / 1808 Frisian and East-Frisian coleseed Friesch en Oostfriesch koolzaad last 570.00 Guilders
8 / 1808 Frisian wheat Friesche tarwe last 259.00 Guilders
8 / 1808 Gatinais Saffron Gastinois Saffraan pound 20.00 Guilders 69
8 / 1808 Genoese Yellow Oil Genueesche gele olie tun 1470.00 Guilders 36
8 / 1808 German Millet Duitsche Gierst 100 pounds 9.00 Guilders
8 / 1808 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 100.00 Guilders 8
8 / 1808 Iron-Wire Ijzerdraad 100 pounds 3.43 Guilders
8 / 1808 Konigsberg wheat Koningsberger tarwe last 413.00 Guilders
1 / 1808 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 67.50 Guilders 64
2 / 1808 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 71.50 Guilders 64
3 / 1808 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 71.00 Guilders 64
4 / 1808 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 80.00 Guilders 64
5 / 1808 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 88.00 Guilders 64