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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
11 / 1683 Leyden Single Gentlemen's Crown Serges, Reduced Leidsche Enkele Heerensaaien Kronen, Vervallen piece 31.50 Guilders
11 / 1683 Leyden Single Gentlemen's Crown Serges, Reduced, 1 Seal Leidsche Enkele Heerensaaien Kronen, Vervallen, 1 Lood piece 15.25 Guilders
11 / 1683 Leyden Single Gentlemen's Crown Serges, Reduced, 2 Seals Leidsche Enkele Heerensaaien Kronen, Vervallen, 2 Looden piece 16.25 Guilders
11 / 1683 Liege Rods Luiksche Roeden 100 pounds 6.00 Guilders
11 / 1683 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 31.00 Guilders 64
11 / 1683 Loaf-sugar Melissuiker pound 0.30 Guilders 89
11 / 1683 Long Cinnamon Lange Kaneel pound 3.13 Guilders
11 / 1683 Long Prunes Lange Pruimen 100 pounds 2.33 Guilders
11 / 1683 Long Raisins Lange Rozijnen 100 pounds 21.50 Guilders 71
11 / 1683 Luneberg and Bremer Shorn Wool Luneburger en Bremer Schoorwol 100 pounds 29.50 Guilders
11 / 1683 Mace Foelie pound 5.94 Guilders 86
11 / 1683 Marseilles Soap Marseillaansche Zeep 100 pounds 22.25 Guilders 78
11 / 1683 Mercury Kwikzilver pound 1.80 Guilders 58
11 / 1683 Mexican Cochineal Mexicaansche Cochenille pound 13.80 Guilders 14
11 / 1683 Milanese Rice Milaansche rijst 100 pounds 9.23 Guilders
11 / 1683 Milanese Tram-silk Milaansche Tramzijde pound 10.35 Guilders
11 / 1683 Muscovados Moscovades pound 0.19 Guilders 33
11 / 1683 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun 25.00 Guilders 81
11 / 1683 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.14 Guilders
11 / 1683 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 16.25 Guilders
11 / 1683 Norwegian Garcopper Noorsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 54.00 Guilders
11 / 1683 Paternoster Flax Paternoster Vlas ship-pound 37.00 Guilders
11 / 1683 Polish Summer Wool Poolsche Zomerwol pound 0.50 Guilders
11 / 1683 Polish wheat Poolsche tarwe last 133.00 Guilders
11 / 1683 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 98.00 Guilders
11 / 1683 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 27.00 Guilders
11 / 1683 Riga crushed linseed Riga slaglijnzaad tun 6.38 Guilders
11 / 1683 Rope-Yarn of Clean Hemp Kabelgaren van Rein-Hennep ship-pound 32.50 Guilders
11 / 1683 Sail-Yarn Zeilgaren 100 pounds 22.00 Guilders
11 / 1683 Sappan Wood Sappan Hout 100 pounds 10.50 Guilders 23
11 / 1683 Sherry Syrese Secken tun 250.00 Guilders 39
11 / 1683 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 37.00 Guilders
1 / 1683 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.28 Guilders
2 / 1683 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.28 Guilders
11 / 1683 Smyrna Cotton Yarns Smirnasche Katoenen Garens pound 0.60 Guilders
11 / 1683 Smyrna Gallnuts Smirna Galnoten 100 pounds 31.00 Guilders 9
11 / 1683 Sole-Leather Zoolleer pound 0.48 Guilders
11 / 1683 Soria Segovia wool Soria Segovia wol pound 1.53 Banco
11 / 1683 Spanish Iron Spaansch Ijzer 100 pounds 6.25 Guilders 5
11 / 1683 Split Stockfish Roodschaar 100 pounds 7.25 Guilders
11 / 1683 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 270.00 Guilders
11 / 1683 Starch Stijfsel 100 pounds 8.88 Guilders
11 / 1683 Steermark Steel Stiermarksch Staal bundle 23.50 Guilders
11 / 1683 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 8.00 Guilders 87
11 / 1683 Surinam Sugar Surinaamsche suiker pound 0.14 Guilders 12
11 / 1683 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 55.00 Guilders 4
11 / 1683 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 4.75 Guilders 91
12 / 1683 The Best Dantzig Potash De Beste Dantziger Potasch 100 pounds 10.20 Guilders
11 / 1683 The Best Konigsberg Bear's Foot Ashes De Beste Koningsberger Berenklauwasch last 300.00 Guilders 80
11 / 1683 Thorn Wool Thornsche Wol 100 pounds 30.50 Guilders