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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
1 / 1701 Spanish Iron Spaansch Ijzer 100 pounds 6.00 Guilders 5
1 / 1701 Split Stockfish Roodschaar 100 pounds 8.50 Guilders
1 / 1701 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 336.00 Guilders
1 / 1701 Starch Stijfsel 100 pounds 13.00 Guilders
1 / 1701 Steermark Steel Stiermarksch Staal bundle 23.00 Guilders
1 / 1701 Stockfish Rondvisch 100 pounds 10.75 Guilders 87
1 / 1701 Surinam Sugar Surinaamsche suiker pound 0.20 Guilders 12
1 / 1701 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 64.00 Guilders 4
1 / 1701 Tanni Silk A Tanni Zijde A pound 10.13 Guilders 44
1 / 1701 The Best Dantzig Potash De Beste Dantziger Potasch 100 pounds 16.65 Guilders
1 / 1701 The Best Konigsberg Bear's Foot Ashes De Beste Koningsberger Berenklauwasch last 144.00 Guilders 80
1 / 1701 Thorn Wool Thornsche Wol 100 pounds 54.50 Guilders
1 / 1701 Tonkin Musk Muscus van Tonkin ounce 12.00 Guilders
1 / 1701 Train-Oil Spektraan quarter 41.00 Guilders 13
1 / 1701 Treacle Suikersiroop pound 10.43 Guilders 90
1 / 1701 Unbleached Hondschoote Serges, 3 Seals Ongebleekte Hondschootsche Saaien, 3 Looden piece 21.45 Guilders
1 / 1701 Valence Almonds Valencia Amandelen 100 pounds 33.50 Guilders 72
1 / 1701 Varinas Tobacco Varinas Tabak pound 1.35 Guilders 93
1 / 1701 Venetian Turpentine Venetiaansche Terpentijn 100 pounds 37.00 Guilders
1 / 1701 Virginian Tobacco leaves Virginia Tabaksbladen pound 0.18 Guilders
1 / 1701 Warder wheat Warder tarwe last 182.00 Guilders
1 / 1701 Washed Segovia Lamb's wool Gewasschen Segovia Lamswol 100 pounds 125.00 Guilders
1 / 1701 Whale-bones Walvischbaarden 100 pounds 53.00 Guilders
1 / 1701 White (dry) Ginger Witte (droge) Gember 100 pounds 22.50 Guilders 7
1 / 1701 White Candy Witte Kandij pound 0.50 Guilders 30
1 / 1701 White Pepper Witte Peper Pound 0.63 Guilders 27
1 / 1701 White forage-oats Witte voerhaver last 49.00 Guilders
1 / 1701 White-Lead Loodwit 100 pounds 8.38 Guilders 6
1 / 1701 Yufts Juchten pound 0.61 Guilders 46
1 / 1701 Zealand, Flemish & Overmaas Coleseed Zeeuwsch, Vlaamsch en Overmaasch Koolzaad last 216.00 Guilders
1 / 1701 Alicante Anise Alicantsche Anijs 100 pounds 23.25 Guilders 76
1 / 1701 Baltic (Dry) Wax Oostersche (Droge) Was 100 pounds 85.13 Guilders 11
1 / 1701 Black (or brown) peper Zwarte (of bruine) peper Pound 0.45 Guilders 29
1 / 1701 Bordeaux Brandy Bordeaux Brandewijn 30 double gallons 75.00 Guilders 38
1 / 1701 Bordeaux Honey bordeaux Honig tun 219.00 Guilders 92
1 / 1701 Brazilian Hides Braziliaansche Huiden pound 0.46 Guilders 61
1 / 1701 Cadix Salt Cadix Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 312.00 Guilders
1 / 1701 Caliatour Wood Caliatour Hout 100 pounds 24.00 Guilders 24
1 / 1701 Cloves Nagelen pound 3.75 Guilders 16
1 / 1701 Cocoa Cacao pound 0.73 Guilders 55
1 / 1701 Common Madder Gemeene Meekrap 100 pounds 11.00 Guilders 75
1 / 1701 Corn Brandy Korenbrandewijn aum 25.50 Guilders 68
1 / 1701 East Indian Saltpetre Oostindische Salpeter 100 pounds 19.50 Guilders 1
1 / 1701 English Copperas Engelsch Koperrood (Couperose) 100 pounds 3.63 Guilders 51
1 / 1701 English Lead Engelsch Lood 100 pounds 7.35 Guilders 65
1 / 1701 Figs Vijgen 100 pounds 8.25 Guilders 13
1 / 1701 Fine Refined Sugar Fijne Faffinade pound 0.40 Guilders 32
1 / 1701 French Bordeaux Wine Fransche Bordeauxwijn tun 135.00 Guilders 37
1 / 1701 Native Tobacco leaves Inlandsche Tabaksbladen 100 pounds 19.00 Guilders 82
1 / 1701 Native Wax Inlandsche Was 100 pounds 85.25 Guilders 10