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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
4 / 1682 Polish wheat Poolsche tarwe last 146.30 Guilders
4 / 1682 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 93.34 Guilders
4 / 1682 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 24.75 Guilders
4 / 1682 Sappan Wood Sappan Hout 100 pounds 10.75 Guilders 23
4 / 1682 Sherry Syrese Secken tun 240.00 Guilders 39
4 / 1682 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 37.00 Guilders
4 / 1682 Small Pepper Kleine peper Pound 0.28 Guilders 29
4 / 1682 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.53 Guilders
4 / 1682 Smyrna Gallnuts Smirna Galnoten 100 pounds 34.00 Guilders 9
4 / 1682 Sole-Leather Zoolleer pound 0.53 Guilders
4 / 1682 Soria Segovia wool Soria Segovia wol pound 1.38 Guilders
4 / 1682 Spanish Iron Spaansch Ijzer 100 pounds 6.50 Guilders 5
4 / 1682 Split Stockfish Roodschaar 100 pounds 6.50 Guilders
4 / 1682 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 300.00 Guilders
4 / 1682 Starch Stijfsel 100 pounds 9.38 Guilders
4 / 1682 Steermark Steel Stiermarksch Staal bundle 23.50 Guilders
4 / 1682 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 6.50 Guilders 87
4 / 1682 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 52.00 Guilders 4
4 / 1682 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 5.50 Guilders 91
4 / 1682 The Best Bear's Foot Ashes De Beste Berenklauwasch last 291.00 Guilders 80
4 / 1682 The Best Dantzig Potash De Beste Dantziger Potasch 100 pounds 9.75 Guilders
4 / 1682 Thorn Wool Thornsche Wol 100 pounds 33.50 Guilders
4 / 1682 Train-Oil Spektraan 100 pounds 42.00 Guilders 13
4 / 1682 Treacle Suikersiroop pound 6.15 Guilders 90
4 / 1682 Unbleached Hondschoote Serges, 3 Seals Ongebleekte Hondschootsche Saaien, 3 Looden piece 25.80 Guilders
4 / 1682 Valence Almonds Valencia Amandelen 100 pounds 25.00 Guilders 72
4 / 1682 Varinas Tobacco Varinas Tabak pound 1.43 Guilders 93
4 / 1682 Venetian Turpentine Venetiaansche Terpentijn 100 pounds 40.00 Guilders
4 / 1682 Virginian Tobacco leaves Virginia Tabaksbladen pound 0.18 Guilders
4 / 1682 Warder wheat Warder tarwe last 122.50 Guilders
4 / 1682 Washed Segovia Lamb's wool Gewasschen Segovia Lamswol 100 pounds 57.50 Guilders
4 / 1682 Whale-bones of the Isle of Jan Mayen Walvischbaarden van het Jan Mayen Eiland 100 pounds 33.00 Guilders
4 / 1682 White (dry) Ginger Witte (droge) Gember 100 pounds 13.00 Guilders 7
4 / 1682 White Candy Witte Kandij pound 0.58 Guilders 30
4 / 1682 White forage-oats Witte voerhaver last 65.80 Guilders
4 / 1682 Yellow Wood Geelhout 100 pounds 3.38 Guilders 26
4 / 1682 Yufts Juchten pound 0.63 Guilders 46
4 / 1682 Alicante Anise Alicantsche Anijs 100 pounds 22.00 Guilders 76
4 / 1682 Apulian oil Olie van Puglia tun 384.00 Guilders 35
4 / 1682 Baltic (Dry) Wax Oostersche (Droge) Was 100 pounds 72.25 Guilders 11
4 / 1682 Bordeaux Brandy Bordeaux Brandewijn 30 double gallons 54.75 Guilders 38
4 / 1682 Bordeaux Honey bordeaux Honig tun 196.50 Guilders 92
4 / 1682 Brazilian Hides Braziliaansche Huiden pound 0.35 Guilders 61
4 / 1682 Brazilian white sugar Braziliaansche witte suiker pound 0.27 Guilders 31
4 / 1682 Cadix Salt Cadix Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 240.00 Guilders
4 / 1682 Cloves in various qualities Nagelen in soorten pound 3.75 Guilders 16
4 / 1682 Cod-liver Oil Levertraan tun 17.25 Guilders 13
4 / 1682 Common Madder Gemeene Meekrap 100 pounds 23.50 Guilders 75
4 / 1682 East Indian Saltpetre Oostindische Salpeter 100 pounds 25.00 Guilders 1
4 / 1682 English Alum Engelsch Aluin 100 pounds 7.80 Guilders 42