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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: 1692
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
6 / 1692 First quality Segovia wool Prima Segovia wol pound 1.78 Banco
6 / 1692 Flemish & Brabantine Buckwheat Vlaamsche en Brabantsche boekweit last 130.50 Guilders
6 / 1692 French Wine of the Highlands Fransche Hooglandsche Wijn tun 480.00 Guilders
6 / 1692 Frisian Winter-Barley Friesche Wintergerst last 79.10 Guilders
6 / 1692 Full Herring Volle Haring last 210.00 Guilders 19
6 / 1692 Gatimalo Indigo Guatimalo Indigo pound 4.30 Guilders 48
6 / 1692 Gatinais Saffron Gastinois Saffraan pound 24.50 Guilders 69
6 / 1692 Genoese Oil Genueesche Olie tun 474.00 Guilders 36
6 / 1692 Groningen winter barley Groninger wintergerst last 77.70 Guilders
6 / 1692 Gunpowder Buskruit 100 pounds 38.50 Guilders 8
6 / 1692 Hamburg Sheet-copper Hamburgsch Bladkoper 100 pounds 67.00 Guilders 25
6 / 1692 Horse-Beans Paardeboonen last 78.00 Guilders
6 / 1692 Iron-Wire nr.0 Ijzerdraad no.0 100 pounds 1.90 Guilders
6 / 1692 Konigsberg Rye Koningsberger rogge last 92.40 Guilders
6 / 1692 Konigsberg wheat Koningsberger tarwe last 126.70 Guilders
6 / 1692 Lemons Citroenen 100 pounds 45.00 Guilders
6 / 1692 Leyden Black Naturel Serges, 5 Seals Leidsche Zwarte Naturel Saaien, 5 Looden piece 24.90 Guilders
6 / 1692 Leyden Bombasines, Overlookers Leidsche Bombazijnen, Overkijkers piece 16.00 Guilders
6 / 1692 Leyden Bombasines, Reduced Overlookers Leidsche Bombazijnen, Vervallen Overkijkers piece 15.00 Guilders
6 / 1692 Leyden Double Gentlemen's Crown Serges Leidsche Dubbele Heerensaaien Kronen piece 58.50 Guilders
6 / 1692 Leyden Double Gentlemen's Crown Serges, Reduced Leidsche Dubbele Heerensaaien Kronen, Vervallen piece 56.50 Guilders
6 / 1692 Leyden Double Gentlemen's Crown Serges, Reduced, 2 Seals Leidsche Dubbele Heerensaaien Kronen, Vervallen, 2 Looden piece 31.00 Guilders
6 / 1692 Leyden Double Gentlemen's Crown Serges, Reduced, 3 Seals Leidsche Dubbele Heerensaaien Kronen, Vervallen, 3 Looden piece 33.00 Guilders
6 / 1692 Leyden Ermine Serges, 1 Seal Leidsche Armijnsaaien, 1 Lood piece 19.80 Guilders
6 / 1692 Leyden Fustians with the L Leidsche Fusteinen met de L piece 9.00 Guilders
6 / 1692 Leyden Fustians, Double Lions Leidsche Fusteinen, Dubbele Leeuwen piece 10.20 Guilders
6 / 1692 Leyden Fustians, Single Lions Leidsche Fusteinen, Enkele Leeuwen piece 9.60 Guilders
6 / 1692 Leyden Naturel Serges, 4 Seals Leidsche Naturel Saaien, 4 Looden piece 24.30 Guilders
6 / 1692 Liege Rods Luiksche Roeden 100 pounds 5.50 Guilders
6 / 1692 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 35.50 Guilders 64
6 / 1692 Loaf-sugar Melissuiker pound 0.31 Guilders 89
6 / 1692 Long Cinnamon Lange Kaneel pound 3.00 Guilders
6 / 1692 Long Raisins Lange Rozijnen 100 pounds 12.50 Guilders 71
6 / 1692 Luneberg and Bremer Shorn Wool Luneburger en Bremer Schoorwol 100 pounds 37.50 Guilders
6 / 1692 Mace Foelie pound 8.40 Guilders 86
6 / 1692 Marseilles Soap Marseillaansche Zeep 100 pounds 23.50 Guilders 78
6 / 1692 Mercury Kwikzilver pound 1.80 Guilders 58
6 / 1692 Mexican Cochineal Mexicaansche Cochenille pound 18.00 Guilders 14
6 / 1692 Milanese Rice Milaansche rijst 100 pounds 13.35 Guilders
6 / 1692 Milanese Tram-silk Milaansche Tramzijde pound 10.20 Guilders
6 / 1692 Molina wool Molina wol pound 1.33 Banco
6 / 1692 Muscovite Tar Moscovisch Teer last 159.00 Guilders
6 / 1692 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun 36.00 Guilders 81
6 / 1692 Native Salted Ox-hides Inlandsche Gezouten Ossenhuiden pound 0.16 Guilders
6 / 1692 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 16.50 Guilders
6 / 1692 Norwegian Garcopper Noorsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 58.00 Guilders
5 / 1692 Paternoster Flax Paternoster Vlas ship-pound 32.00 Guilders
6 / 1692 Polish Summer Wool Poolsche Zomerwol pound 0.53 Guilders
6 / 1692 Polish wheat Poolsche tarwe last 137.20 Guilders
6 / 1692 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 105.70 Guilders