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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: 1769
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
11 / 1769 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 36.75 Guilders 81
Month / Year: 1768
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
9 / 1768 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 31.75 Guilders 81
1 / 1768 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 35.00 Guilders 81
10 / 1768 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 31.75 Guilders 81
8 / 1768 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 28.00 Guilders 81
3 / 1768 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 35.00 Guilders 81
2 / 1768 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 35.00 Guilders 81
6 / 1768 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 32.00 Guilders 81
Month / Year: 1767
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
11 / 1767 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 37.50 Guilders 81
2 / 1767 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 26.00 Guilders 81
6 / 1767 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 25.00 Guilders 81
1 / 1767 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 27.50 Guilders 81
4 / 1767 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 25.00 Guilders 81
5 / 1767 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 25.00 Guilders 81
Month / Year: 1766
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
12 / 1766 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 27.50 Guilders 81
11 / 1766 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 27.50 Guilders 81
1 / 1766 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 33.00 Guilders 81
Month / Year: 1764
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
4 / 1764 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 30.50 Guilders 81
10 / 1764 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 26.00 Guilders 81
Month / Year: 1763
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
2 / 1763 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 30.50 Guilders 81
3 / 1763 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 30.50 Guilders 81
Month / Year: 1758
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
9 / 1758 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 29.50 Guilders 81
7 / 1758 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 26.50 Guilders 81
6 / 1758 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 23.50 Guilders 81
Month / Year: 1756
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
3 / 1756 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 34.00 Guilders 81
9 / 1756 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 30.50 Guilders 81
1 / 1756 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 34.00 Guilders 81
Month / Year: 1762
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
11 / 1762 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 30.50 Guilders 81
12 / 1762 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 30.50 Guilders 81
Month / Year: 1765
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
4 / 1765 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 27.00 Guilders 81
3 / 1765 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 26.00 Guilders 81
1 / 1765 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 26.00 Guilders 81
2 / 1765 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 26.00 Guilders 81
Month / Year: 1761
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
1 / 1761 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 32.50 Guilders 81
12 / 1761 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 28.00 Guilders 81
Month / Year: 1770
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
1 / 1770 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 36.00 Guilders 81
Month / Year: 1771
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
2 / 1771 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 37.00 Guilders 81
Month / Year: 1754
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
9 / 1754 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 32.50 Guilders 81
5 / 1754 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 27.50 Guilders 81
8 / 1754 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 32.50 Guilders 81
Month / Year: 1753
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
2 / 1753 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 29.50 Guilders 81
Month / Year: 1751
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
10 / 1751 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 30.00 Guilders 81
Month / Year: 1750
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
10 / 1750 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 26.00 Guilders 81
7 / 1750 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 30.00 Guilders 81
4 / 1750 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 32.00 Guilders 81
Month / Year: 1755
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
11 / 1755 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 39.00 Guilders 81
6 / 1755 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 30.50 Guilders 81
9 / 1755 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 31.00 Guilders 81
Month / Year: 1760
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
12 / 1760 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 32.50 Guilders 81
Month / Year: 1757
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
9 / 1757 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun of 300 pounds 22.50 Guilders 81