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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
12 / 1740 White Pepper Witte Peper Pound 1.25 Guilders 27
12 / 1740 White forage-oats Witte voerhaver last 67.20 Guilders
12 / 1740 White-Lead Loodwit 100 pounds 9.88 Guilders 6
12 / 1740 Yellow Wood Geelhout 100 pounds 6.00 Guilders 26
12 / 1740 Yufts Juchten pound 0.51 Guilders 46
12 / 1740 Zealand wheat Zeeuwsche tarwe last 392.00 Guilders
12 / 1740 Alicante Anise Alicantsche Anijs 100 pounds 17.25 Guilders 76
12 / 1740 Apulian oil Olie van Puglia tun 324.00 Guilders 35
12 / 1740 Baltic (Dry) Wax Oostersche (Droge) Was 100 pounds 72.00 Guilders 11
12 / 1740 Black (or brown) peper Zwarte (of bruine) peper Pound 0.66 Guilders 29
12 / 1740 Bordeaux Brandy Bordeaux Brandewijn 30 double gallons 79.50 Guilders 38
12 / 1740 Bordeaux Honey bordeaux Honig tun 234.00 Guilders 92
1 / 1740 Brazilian Hides Braziliaansche Huiden pound 0.40 Guilders 61
12 / 1740 Caliatour Wood Caliatour Hout 100 pounds 18.50 Guilders 24
1 / 1740 Caracas Cocoa Caracas Cacao pound 0.86 Guilders 55
12 / 1740 Cloves Nagelen pound 3.75 Guilders 16
12 / 1740 Common Madder Gemeene Meekrap 100 pounds 13.00 Guilders 75
12 / 1740 Corn Brandy Korenbrandewijn aum 39.00 Guilders 68
12 / 1740 East Indian Saltpetre Oostindische Salpeter 100 pounds 33.00 Guilders 1
12 / 1740 English Alum Engelsch Aluin 100 pounds 9.45 Guilders 42
12 / 1740 English Copperas Engelsch Koperrood (Couperose) 100 pounds 3.15 Guilders 51
12 / 1740 English Lead Engelsch Lood 100 pounds 8.41 Guilders 65
12 / 1740 Figs Vijgen 100 pounds 8.75 Guilders 13
12 / 1740 Fine Silver Fijn Zilver mark 26.00 Guilders 84
12 / 1740 Floret Yarn A Floret Garen A pound 4.80 Guilders 43
12 / 1740 French Bordeaux Wine Fransche Bordeauxwijn tun 108.00 Guilders 37
12 / 1740 Native Tobacco leaves Inlandsche Tabaksbladen 100 pounds 18.67 Guilders 82
12 / 1740 Native Wax Inlandsche Was 100 pounds 71.00 Guilders 10
12 / 1740 Nutmeg Noten pound 3.75 Guilders 49
12 / 1740 Ordinary Buoy Tea Ordinaire Boei Thee pound 1.00 Guilders 56
12 / 1740 Pernambuco Wood Pernambuco Hout 100 pounds 25.00 Guilders 77
12 / 1740 Preserved Ginger Geconfijte Gember Pound 0.79 Guilders 28
12 / 1740 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 52.25 Guilders 88
12 / 1740 Refined Borax Geraffineerde Borax pound 2.65 Guilders 50
12 / 1740 Refined Camphor Geraffineerde Kamfer pound 2.55 Guilders 57
12 / 1740 Refined Sulphur Geraffineerde Zwavel 100 pounds 6.25 Guilders 20
12 / 1740 Roman Alum Roomsch Aluin 100 pounds 13.35 Guilders 3
12 / 1740 White Salt Wit Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 525.00 Guilders 41
12 / 1740 Andalusian wool Andalusia wol pound 0.80 Banco Guilders
12 / 1740 Fine Segovia Leon wool Fijne Segovia Leonesas wol pound 1.70 Banco Guilders
12 / 1740 Aix-la-Chapelle and Namur Kettles Ketels van Aken en Namen 100 pounds 61.00 Guilders
12 / 1740 Aleppo Camel-hair Aleppo Kameelhaar pound 1.10 Guilders
12 / 1740 Amsterdam Civet Amsterdamsche Civet ounce 18.00 Guilders
12 / 1740 Antioch Silk Antiochische Zijde pound 6.30 Guilders
12 / 1740 Ardasse Silk First Quality Ardassette Zijde 1ste Soort pound 6.60 Guilders
12 / 1740 Baltic Tallow Oostersche Talk 100 pounds 24.50 Guilders
12 / 1740 Basins Bekkens 100 pounds 60.63 Guilders
12 / 1740 Bologna Organzine First Quality Bologneesche Organsijn eerste soort pound 16.65 Guilders
12 / 1740 Brass-Wire Koperdraad 100 pounds 55.75 Guilders
12 / 1740 Brew-oats Brouwhaver last 88.20 Guilders