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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: 1674
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
9 / 1674 Gatimalo Indigo Guatimalo Indigo pound 2.65 Guilders 48
10 / 1674 Gatimalo Indigo Guatimalo Indigo pound 2.65 Guilders 48
11 / 1674 Gatimalo Indigo Guatimalo Indigo pound 2.66 Guilders 48
6 / 1674 Genoese Oil Genueesche Olie tun 381.00 Guilders 36
7 / 1674 Genoese Oil Genueesche Olie tun 384.00 Guilders 36
8 / 1674 Genoese Oil Genueesche Olie tun 384.00 Guilders 36
9 / 1674 Genoese Oil Genueesche Olie tun 384.00 Guilders 36
10 / 1674 Genoese Oil Genueesche Olie tun 372.00 Guilders 36
11 / 1674 Genoese Oil Genueesche Olie tun 372.00 Guilders 36
6 / 1674 German Tartar Duitsche Wijnsteen 100 pounds 24.00 Guilders 2
7 / 1674 German Tartar Duitsche Wijnsteen 100 pounds 24.00 Guilders 2
8 / 1674 German Tartar Duitsche Wijnsteen 100 pounds 24.00 Guilders 2
9 / 1674 German Tartar Duitsche Wijnsteen 100 pounds 24.00 Guilders 2
10 / 1674 German Tartar Duitsche Wijnsteen 100 pounds 24.00 Guilders 2
11 / 1674 German Tartar Duitsche Wijnsteen 100 pounds 24.00 Guilders 2
6 / 1674 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 28.00 Guilders 8
7 / 1674 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 28.00 Guilders 8
8 / 1674 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 28.00 Guilders 8
9 / 1674 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 28.00 Guilders 8
10 / 1674 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 27.00 Guilders 8
11 / 1674 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 27.00 Guilders 8
6 / 1674 Hamburg Sheet-copper Hamburgsch Bladkoper 100 pounds 65.00 Guilders 25
7 / 1674 Hamburg Sheet-copper Hamburgsch Bladkoper 100 pounds 64.00 Guilders 25
8 / 1674 Hamburg Sheet-copper Hamburgsch Bladkoper 100 pounds 64.00 Guilders 25
9 / 1674 Hamburg Sheet-copper Hamburgsch Bladkoper 100 pounds 64.00 Guilders 25
10 / 1674 Hamburg Sheet-copper Hamburgsch Bladkoper 100 pounds 64.00 Guilders 25
11 / 1674 Hamburg Sheet-copper Hamburgsch Bladkoper 100 pounds 63.00 Guilders 25
12 / 1674 Hamburg Sheet-copper Hamburgsch Bladkoper 100 pounds 62.25 Guilders 25
6 / 1674 Iron-Wire Ijerdraad 100 pounds 2.10 Guilders
7 / 1674 Iron-Wire Ijerdraad 100 pounds 2.10 Guilders
8 / 1674 Iron-Wire Ijerdraad 100 pounds 2.05 Guilders
9 / 1674 Iron-Wire Ijerdraad 100 pounds 2.05 Guilders
10 / 1674 Iron-Wire Ijerdraad 100 pounds 2.10 Guilders
11 / 1674 Iron-Wire Ijerdraad 100 pounds 2.10 Guilders
7 / 1674 Konigsberg wheat Koningsberger tarwe last 196.00 Guilders
8 / 1674 Konigsberg wheat Koningsberger tarwe last 205.80 Guilders
9 / 1674 Konigsberg wheat Koningsberger tarwe last 200.20 Guilders
10 / 1674 Konigsberg wheat Koningsberger tarwe last 210.70 Guilders
11 / 1674 Konigsberg wheat Koningsberger tarwe last 226.10 Guilders
6 / 1674 Lemons Citroenen 100 pounds 45.00 Guilders
7 / 1674 Lemons Citroenen 100 pounds 45.00 Guilders
8 / 1674 Lemons Citroenen 100 pounds 36.00 Guilders
9 / 1674 Lemons Citroenen 100 pounds 36.00 Guilders
10 / 1674 Lemons Citroenen 100 pounds 36.00 Guilders
11 / 1674 Lemons Citroenen 100 pounds 36.00 Guilders
9 / 1674 Leyden Black Naturel Serges, 5 Seals Leidsche Zwarte Naturel Saaien, 5 Looden piece 24.00 Guilders
10 / 1674 Leyden Black Naturel Serges, 5 Seals Leidsche Zwarte Naturel Saaien, 5 Looden piece 27.00 Guilders
11 / 1674 Leyden Black Naturel Serges, 5 Seals Leidsche Zwarte Naturel Saaien, 5 Looden piece 27.00 Guilders
6 / 1674 Leyden Bombasines, Overlookers Leidsche Bombazijnen, Overkijkers piece 16.75 Guilders
7 / 1674 Leyden Bombasines, Overlookers Leidsche Bombazijnen, Overkijkers piece 16.75 Guilders