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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
12 / 1811 White forage-oats Witte voerhaver last 74.20 Guilders
1 / 1811 White-Lead Loodwit 100 pounds 20.50 Guilders 6
12 / 1811 White-Lead Loodwit 100 pounds 20.00 Guilders 6
1 / 1811 Yellow Wood Geelhout 100 pounds 45.00 Guilders 26
12 / 1811 Yellow Wood Geelhout 100 pounds 40.00 Guilders 26
1 / 1811 Zantos Currants Xantos' Krenten 100 pounds 80.00 Guilders
1 / 1811 Zealand wheat Zeeuwsche tarwe last 332.50 Guilders
12 / 1811 Zealand wheat Zeeuwsche tarwe last 419.30 Guilders
1 / 1811 Black (or brown) peper Zwarte (of bruine) peper Pound 1.95 Guilders 29
12 / 1811 Black (or brown) peper Zwarte (of bruine) peper Pound 1.88 Guilders 29
1 / 1811 Blue Gallnuts Blauwe Galnoten 100 pounds 192.50 Guilders 9
12 / 1811 Blue Gallnuts Blauwe Galnoten 100 pounds 190.00 Guilders 9
12 / 1811 Bordeaux Honey bordeaux Honig 100 pounds 34.00 Guilders 92
1 / 1811 Buenos Aires Hides Buenos Aires Huiden pound 0.63 Guilders 61
1 / 1811 Cadix Salt Cadix Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 2400.00 Guilders
12 / 1811 Caracas Cocoa Caracas Cacao pound 2.00 Guilders 53
1 / 1811 Cloves Nagelen pound 4.60 Guilders 16
12 / 1811 Cloves Nagelen pound 3.50 Guilders 16
1 / 1811 Common Madder Gemeene Meekrap 100 pounds 23.00 Guilders 75
12 / 1811 Common Madder Gemeene Meekrap 100 pounds 18.00 Guilders 75
12 / 1811 Copperas Koperrood 100 pounds 12.00 Guilders 51
1 / 1811 English Copperas Engelsch Koperrood (Couperose) 100 pounds 13.25 Guilders 51
1 / 1811 Fine Silver Fijn Zilver mark 25.28 Guilders 84
1 / 1811 Native Tobacco leaves Inlandsche Tabaksbladen 100 pounds 38.00 Guilders 82
1 / 1811 Norwegian cod-liver oil Noordsche levertraan tun 75.00 Guilders 13
12 / 1811 Nutmeg Noten pound 15.00 Guilders 49
1 / 1811 Ordinary Buoy Tea Ordinaire Boei Thee pound 2.33 Guilders 56
12 / 1811 Ordinary Buoy Tea Ordinaire Boei Thee pound 2.15 Guilders 56
1 / 1811 Pecco Tea Pecco Thee pound 4.43 Guilders 52
12 / 1811 Pecco Tea Pecco Thee pound 5.63 Guilders 52
1 / 1811 Pernambuco Wood Pernambuco Hout 100 pounds 100.00 Guilders 24
2 / 1811 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 86.00 Guilders 88
3 / 1811 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 81.00 Guilders 88
4 / 1811 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 84.00 Guilders 88
5 / 1811 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 81.00 Guilders 88
6 / 1811 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 65.00 Guilders 88
7 / 1811 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 58.00 Guilders 88
8 / 1811 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 65.00 Guilders 88
9 / 1811 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 70.50 Guilders 88
10 / 1811 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 66.00 Guilders 88
11 / 1811 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 64.00 Guilders 88
12 / 1811 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 64.50 Guilders 88
1 / 1811 Refined Borax Geraffineerde Borax pound 1.05 Guilders 50
12 / 1811 Refined Borax Geraffineerde Borax pound 1.40 Guilders 50
1 / 1811 Refined Camphor Geraffineerde Kamfer pound 5.00 Guilders 57
12 / 1811 Refined Camphor Geraffineerde Kamfer pound 4.88 Guilders 57
1 / 1811 Refined Sulphur Geraffineerde Zwavel 100 pounds 50.00 Guilders 20
12 / 1811 Refined Sulphur Geraffineerde Zwavel 100 pounds 35.00 Guilders 20
1 / 1811 Roman Alum Roomsch Aluin 100 pounds 33.00 Guilders 2
12 / 1811 Roman Alum Roomsch Aluin 100 pounds 33.00 Guilders 2