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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
10 / 1675 Matie Maatjesharing last 125.00 Guilders
10 / 1675 Mercury Kwikzilver pound 1.80 Guilders 58
10 / 1675 Mexican Cochineal Mexicaansche Cochenille pound 9.30 Guilders 14
10 / 1675 Milanese Rice Milaansche rijst 100 pounds 11.70 Guilders
10 / 1675 Muscovados Moscovades pound 0.20 Guilders 33
10 / 1675 Musk Muscus ounce 16.00 Guilders
10 / 1675 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun 30.50 Guilders 81
10 / 1675 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.18 Guilders
10 / 1675 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 22.25 Guilders
10 / 1675 Norwegian Garcopper Noorsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 53.00 Guilders
10 / 1675 Paternoster Flax Paternoster Vlas ship-pound 46.50 Guilders
9 / 1675 Polish Summer Wool Poolsche Zomerwol pound 0.55 Guilders
10 / 1675 Polish wheat Poolsche tarwe last 255.50 Guilders
10 / 1675 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 196.00 Guilders
10 / 1675 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 38.00 Guilders
10 / 1675 Sherry Syrese Secken tun 258.00 Guilders 39
10 / 1675 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 36.00 Guilders
10 / 1675 Small Pepper Kleine peper Pound 0.65 Guilders 29
10 / 1675 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.28 Guilders
10 / 1675 Smyrna Gallnuts Smirna Galnoten 100 pounds 29.50 Guilders 9
10 / 1675 Sole-Leather Zoolleer pound 0.81 Guilders
11 / 1675 Soria Segovia wool Soria Segovia wol pound 1.23 Guilders
10 / 1675 Spanish Iron Spaansch Ijzer 100 pounds 7.25 Guilders 5
10 / 1675 Split Stockfish Roodschaar 100 pounds 8.50 Guilders
10 / 1675 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 426.00 Guilders
10 / 1675 Starch Stijfsel 100 pounds 14.75 Guilders
10 / 1675 Steermark Steel Stiermarksch Staal bundle 23.50 Guilders
4 / 1675 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 11.38 Guilders 87
10 / 1675 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 10.50 Guilders 87
10 / 1675 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 6.38 Guilders 91
10 / 1675 The Best Bear's Foot Ashes De Beste Berenklauwasch last 390.00 Guilders 80
10 / 1675 The Best Dantzig Potash De Beste Dantziger Potasch 100 pounds 14.55 Guilders
10 / 1675 Train-Oil Spektraan 100 pounds 27.75 Guilders 13
10 / 1675 Treacle Suikersiroop pound 8.78 Guilders 90
10 / 1675 Unbleached Hondschoote Serges, 3 Seals Ongebleekte Hondschootsche Saaien, 3 Looden piece 21.68 Guilders
10 / 1675 Valence Almonds Valencia Amandelen 100 pounds 33.00 Guilders 72
10 / 1675 Varinas Tobacco Varinas Tabak pound 1.03 Guilders 93
10 / 1675 Venetian Turpentine Venetiaansche Terpentijn 100 pounds 43.00 Guilders
10 / 1675 Virginian Tobacco leaves Virginia Tabaksbladen pound 0.26 Guilders
10 / 1675 Washed Segovia Lamb's wool Gewasschen Segovia Lamswol 100 pounds 52.50 Guilders
10 / 1675 Whale-bones of the Isle of Jan Mayen Walvischbaarden van het Jan Mayen Eiland 100 pounds 39.00 Guilders
10 / 1675 White Candy Witte Kandij pound 0.57 Guilders 30
10 / 1675 White brew-oats Witte brouwhaver last 77.00 Guilders
9 / 1675 White forage-oats Witte voerhaver last 65.80 Guilders
10 / 1675 Yellow Wood Geelhout 100 pounds 3.75 Guilders 26
10 / 1675 Yufts Juchten pound 0.63 Guilders 46
10 / 1675 Zantos Currants Xantos' Krenten 100 pounds 17.00 Guilders
10 / 1675 Alicante Anise Alicantsche Anijs 100 pounds 26.00 Guilders 76
10 / 1675 Apulian oil Olie van Puglia tun 342.00 Guilders 35
10 / 1675 Baltic (Dry) Wax Oostersche (Droge) Was 100 pounds 74.50 Guilders 11