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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: 1676
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
4 / 1676 Leyden Single Gentlemen's Crown Serges, Reduced, 1 Seal Leidsche Enkele Heerensaaien Kronen, Vervallen, 1 Lood piece 13.00 Guilders
4 / 1676 Leyden Single Gentlemen's Crown Serges, Reduced, 2 Seals Leidsche Enkele Heerensaaien Kronen, Vervallen, 2 Looden piece 13.75 Guilders
4 / 1676 Liege Rods Luiksche Roeden 100 pounds 6.00 Guilders
4 / 1676 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 33.00 Guilders 64
4 / 1676 Loaf-sugar Melissuiker pound 0.29 Guilders 89
4 / 1676 Long Prunes Lange Pruimen 100 pounds 7.20 Guilders
4 / 1676 Long Raisins Lange Rozijnen 100 pounds 16.00 Guilders 71
4 / 1676 Luneberg and Bremer Shorn Wool Luneburger en Bremer Schoorwol 100 pounds 47.00 Guilders
4 / 1676 Mace in various qualities Foelie in Soorten pound 5.33 Guilders 86
4 / 1676 Marseilles Soap Marseillaansche Zeep 100 pounds 20.00 Guilders 78
4 / 1676 Matie Maatjesharing last 120.00 Guilders
4 / 1676 Mercury Kwikzilver pound 1.80 Guilders 58
4 / 1676 Mexican Cochineal Mexicaansche Cochenille pound 9.75 Guilders 14
4 / 1676 Milanese Rice Milaansche rijst 100 pounds 15.45 Guilders
4 / 1676 Muscovados Moscovades pound 0.20 Guilders 33
4 / 1676 Musk Muscus ounce 13.00 Guilders
4 / 1676 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun 33.00 Guilders 81
4 / 1676 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.18 Guilders
4 / 1676 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 21.50 Guilders
4 / 1676 Norwegian Garcopper Noorsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 55.00 Guilders
4 / 1676 Paternoster Flax Paternoster Vlas ship-pound 50.00 Guilders
4 / 1676 Polish Summer Wool Poolsche Zomerwol pound 0.55 Guilders
4 / 1676 Polish wheat Poolsche tarwe last 238.00 Guilders
4 / 1676 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 238.00 Guilders
4 / 1676 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 44.00 Guilders
4 / 1676 Sappan Wood Sappan Hout 100 pounds 12.50 Guilders 23
4 / 1676 Sherry Syrese Secken tun 360.00 Guilders 39
4 / 1676 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 36.00 Guilders
4 / 1676 Small Pepper Kleine peper Pound 0.34 Guilders 29
4 / 1676 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.28 Guilders
4 / 1676 Smyrna Gallnuts Smirna Galnoten 100 pounds 29.50 Guilders 9
4 / 1676 Sole-Leather Zoolleer pound 0.81 Guilders
4 / 1676 Soria Segovia wool Soria Segovia wol pound 1.18 Guilders
4 / 1676 Spanish Iron Spaansch Ijzer 100 pounds 7.25 Guilders 5
4 / 1676 Split Stockfish Roodschaar 100 pounds 9.50 Guilders
4 / 1676 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 474.00 Guilders
4 / 1676 Starch Stijfsel 100 pounds 13.50 Guilders
4 / 1676 Steermark Steel Stiermarksch Staal bundle 23.50 Guilders
4 / 1676 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 6.75 Guilders 91
4 / 1676 The Best Bear's Foot Ashes De Beste Berenklauwasch last 324.00 Guilders 80
4 / 1676 The Best Dantzig Potash De Beste Dantziger Potasch 100 pounds 12.60 Guilders
4 / 1676 Train-Oil Spektraan 100 pounds 27.00 Guilders 13
4 / 1676 Treacle Suikersiroop pound 8.70 Guilders 90
4 / 1676 Unbleached Hondschoote Serges, 3 Seals Ongebleekte Hondschootsche Saaien, 3 Looden piece 21.68 Guilders
4 / 1676 Varinas Tobacco Varinas Tabak pound 0.85 Guilders 93
4 / 1676 Venetian Turpentine Venetiaansche Terpentijn 100 pounds 43.00 Guilders
4 / 1676 Virginian Tobacco leaves Virginia Tabaksbladen pound 0.26 Guilders
Month / Year: 1677
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
2 / 1677 Long Prunes Lange Pruimen 100 pounds 5.10 Guilders
4 / 1677 Long Prunes Lange Pruimen 100 pounds 4.95 Guilders
2 / 1677 Long Raisins Lange Rozijnen 100 pounds 19.50 Guilders 71