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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
9 / 1628 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 163.00 Guilders
9 / 1628 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 35.00 Guilders
9 / 1628 Small Pepper Kleine peper Pound 0.58 Guilders 29
9 / 1628 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.60 Guilders
9 / 1628 Steel in Bars Staal in Staven 100 pounds 27.50 Guilders 63
7 / 1628 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 54.55 Guilders 4
10 / 1628 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 57.00 Guilders 4
9 / 1628 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 7.17 Guilders 91
9 / 1628 The Best Bear's Foot Ashes De Beste Berenklauwasch last 540.00 Guilders 80
9 / 1628 The Best Dantzig Potash De Beste Dantziger Potasch 100 pounds 25.00 Guilders
9 / 1628 Treacle Suikersiroop pound 16.43 Guilders 90
9 / 1628 Unbleached Hondschoote Serges, 3 Seals Ongebleekte Hondschootsche Saaien, 3 Looden piece 32.25 Guilders
9 / 1628 Valence Almonds Valencia Amandelen 100 pounds 47.50 Guilders 72
9 / 1628 West Indian Hides Westindische Huiden pound 0.43 Guilders 61
9 / 1628 White Candy Witte Kandij pound 1.17 Guilders 30
9 / 1628 Yellow Wood Geelhout 100 pounds 8.00 Guilders 26
9 / 1628 Yufts Juchten pound 1.08 Guilders 46
9 / 1628 Alicante Anise Alicantsche Anijs 100 pounds 31.50 Guilders 76
9 / 1628 Baltic (Dry) Wax Oostersche (Droge) Was 100 pounds 70.00 Guilders 11
9 / 1628 Big Gallnuts Groote Galnoten 100 pounds 39.00 Guilders 9
9 / 1628 Bordeaux Brandy Bordeaux Brandeijn hogshead 138.00 Guilders 38
9 / 1628 Brazilian white sugar Braziliaansche witte suiker pound 0.57 Guilders 31
10 / 1628 Cinnamon in various qualities Kaneel in Soorten pound 2.20 Guilders 90
9 / 1628 Clean Mace Schoone Foelie pound 6.90 Guilders 86
9 / 1628 Cloves Nagelen pound 4.65 Guilders 16
9 / 1628 Cod-liver Oil Levertraan tun 46.00 Guilders 13
9 / 1628 Common Madder Gemeene Meekrap 100 pounds 22.00 Guilders 75
9 / 1628 Currants Krenten 100 pounds 30.00 Guilders 67
9 / 1628 English Copperas Engelsch Koperrood (Couperose) 100 pounds 4.05 Guilders 51
9 / 1628 English Lead Engelsch Lood 100 pounds 8.23 Guilders 65
9 / 1628 Fine Refined Sugar Fijne Faffinade pound 0.82 Guilders 32
9 / 1628 French Bordeaux Wine Fransche Bordeauxwijn tun 138.00 Guilders 37
9 / 1628 Nutmeg in various qualities Noten in soorten pound 2.50 Guilders 49
9 / 1628 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 35.50 Guilders 88
9 / 1628 Roman Alum Roomsch Aluin 100 pounds 12.00 Guilders 3
9 / 1628 Aix-la-Chapelle Kettles Ketels van Aken 100 pounds 77.00 Guilders
9 / 1628 Baltic Tallow Oostersche Talk 100 pounds 18.00 Guilders
10 / 1628 Bologna Organzine Bologneesche Organsijn pound 21.00 Guilders
9 / 1628 Cyprus Cotton Cypersche Katoen pound 0.75 Guilders
9 / 1628 Eastland Brass-Wire Koperdraad van Oostland 100 pounds 73.00 Guilders
9 / 1628 English Tin Engelsch Tin 100 pounds 56.00 Guilders
9 / 1628 First quality Molina and Castilian wool Prima Molina en Castilla wol pound 1.24 Guilders
9 / 1628 Frisian Winter-Barley Friesche Wintergerst last 100.10 Guilders
9 / 1628 Full Herring Volle Haring last 152.00 Guilders 19
9 / 1628 Gatimalo Indigo Guatimalo Indigo pound 3.90 Guilders 48
9 / 1628 German Tartar Duitsche Wijnsteen 100 pounds 25.50 Guilders 2
9 / 1628 Greenland Whale-Oil Groenlandsche traan quarter 48.50 Guilders 73
9 / 1628 Hamburg Sheet-copper Hamburgsch Bladkoper 100 pounds 61.50 Guilders 25
9 / 1628 Konigsberg Rye Koningsberger rogge last 144.67 Guilders
9 / 1628 Konigsberg wheat Koningsberger tarwe last 205.80 Guilders