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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: 1810
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
3 / 1810 Virginian Tobacco leaves Virginia Tabaksbladen pound 0.90 Guilders
4 / 1810 Virginian Tobacco leaves Virginia Tabaksbladen pound 0.90 Guilders
5 / 1810 Virginian Tobacco leaves Virginia Tabaksbladen pound 0.90 Guilders
6 / 1810 Virginian Tobacco leaves Virginia Tabaksbladen pound 0.90 Guilders
7 / 1810 Virginian Tobacco leaves Virginia Tabaksbladen pound 0.39 Guilders
Month / Year: 1811
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
1 / 1811 Long Cinnamon Lange Kaneel pound 11.75 Guilders
12 / 1811 Long Cinnamon Lange Kaneel pound 9.75 Guilders
1 / 1811 Marseilles Soap Marseillaansche Zeep 100 pounds 55.00 Guilders 78
12 / 1811 Marseilles Soap Marseillaansche Zeep 100 pounds 46.00 Guilders 78
1 / 1811 Mercury Kwikzilver pound 1.70 Guilders 58
12 / 1811 Mercury Kwikzilver pound 1.63 Guilders 58
1 / 1811 Milanese Tram-silk First Quality Milaansche Tramzijde 1ste Soort pound 16.35 Guilders
12 / 1811 Milanese Tram-silk First Quality Milaansche Tramzijde 1ste Soort pound 15.00 Guilders
1 / 1811 Molina and Castilian wool Molina en Castiliaansche wol pound 3.15 Banco
12 / 1811 Molina and Castilian wool Molina en Castiliaansche wol pound 2.70 Banco
1 / 1811 Muscovite Tar Moscovisch Teer last 486.00 Guilders
1 / 1811 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.33 Guilders
12 / 1811 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.31 Guilders
12 / 1811 Native slaughter grease tallow Inlandsche slacht smeertalk 100 pounds 40.00 Guilders
1 / 1811 Opium Opium pound 17.00 Guilders
12 / 1811 Opium Opium pound 12.00 Guilders
1 / 1811 Petersburg Clean Hemp St. Petersburger Reinhennep ship-pound 130.00 Guilders
1 / 1811 Rope-Yarn of Clean Hemp Kabelgaren van Rein-Hennep ship-pound 108.00 Guilders
1 / 1811 Sail-Yarn Zeilgaren 4 trusses 42.00 Guilders
1 / 1811 Sifted Cochineal Gezifte Cochenille pound 31.05 Guilders 14
1 / 1811 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 2.21 Guilders
12 / 1811 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 2.43 Guilders
1 / 1811 Sole-leather of Native Backs Zoolleer van Inlandsche Ruggen pound 0.63 Guilders
1 / 1811 Soria Segovia wool Soria Segovia wol pound 3.50 Banco
12 / 1811 Soria Segovia wool Soria Segovia wol pound 2.88 Banco
1 / 1811 Souchon Tea Souchon Thee pound 4.43 Guilders
12 / 1811 Souchon Tea Souchon Thee pound 3.98 Guilders
1 / 1811 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 2700.00 Guilders
1 / 1811 Starch Stijfsel 100 pounds 15.00 Guilders
1 / 1811 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 26.00 Guilders 87
12 / 1811 Surinam Cocoa Surinaamsche Cacao pound 1.95 Guilders 53
1 / 1811 Surinam Coffee Suriname Koffie Pound 2.00 Guilders 54
12 / 1811 Surinam Coffee Suriname Koffie Pound 2.15 Guilders 54
1 / 1811 Tonkin Musk Muscus van Tonkin ounce 16.00 Guilders
1 / 1811 Varinas Tobacco Varinas Tabak pound 3.00 Guilders 93
1 / 1811 Venetian Turpentine Venetiaansche Terpentijn 100 pounds 70.00 Guilders
1 / 1811 Washed Segovia Lamb's wool Gewasschen Segovia Lamswol 100 pounds 307.50 Guilders
12 / 1811 Washed Segovia Lamb's wool Gewasschen Segovia Lamswol 100 pounds 262.50 Guilders
1 / 1811 Weesp corn-brandy Korenbrandewijn van Weesp aum 38.00 Guilders
1 / 1811 White Bordeaux wine Witte Bordeauxwijn 4 hogsheads 405.00 Guilders
12 / 1811 White Bordeaux wine Witte Bordeauxwijn 4 hogsheads 405.00 Guilders
1 / 1811 White Candy Witte Kandij pound 2.31 Guilders 30
1 / 1811 White Scraped (dry) Ginger Witte Geschrappte (Droge) Gember 100 pounds 80.00 Guilders 29
12 / 1811 White Scraped (dry) Ginger Witte Geschrappte (Droge) Gember 100 pounds 80.00 Guilders 29
1 / 1811 White forage-oats Witte voerhaver last 70.00 Guilders