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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: 1634
Month / Year Product (in English) Product (in Dutch) Volume Price currency Notes
7 / 1634 Cadix Salt Cadix Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 468.00 Guilders
2 / 1634 Cinnamon in various qualities Kaneel in Soorten pound 4.28 Guilders 90
2 / 1634 Clean Mace Schoone Foelie pound 6.60 Guilders 86
1 / 1634 Cloves in various qualities Nagelen in soorten pound 5.40 Guilders 16
2 / 1634 Common Madder Gemeene Meekrap 100 pounds 20.50 Guilders 75
2 / 1634 Currants Krenten 100 pounds 22.00 Guilders 67
2 / 1634 Fine Refined Sugar Fijne Faffinade pound 0.77 Guilders 32
2 / 1634 French Bordeaux Wine Fransche Bordeauxwijn tun 108.00 Guilders 37
2 / 1634 Native Wax Inlandsche Was 100 pounds 79.00 Guilders 10
2 / 1634 New English Saffron Nieuw Engelsch Saffraan pound 26.50 Guilders 69
2 / 1634 Nutmeg in various qualities Noten in soorten pound 2.50 Guilders 49
2 / 1634 Rape-oil Raapolie aum 42.00 Guilders 88
2 / 1634 Roman Alum Roomsch Aluin 100 pounds 12.15 Guilders 3
2 / 1634 Long Prunes Lange Pruimen 100 pounds 5.78 Guilders
2 / 1634 Long Raisins Lange Rozijnen 100 pounds 19.50 Guilders 71
2 / 1634 Luneberg and Bremer Shorn Wool Luneburger en Bremer Schoorwol 100 pounds 36.67 Guilders
2 / 1634 Matie Maatjesharing last 160.00 Guilders
2 / 1634 Mercury Kwikzilver pound 1.10 Guilders 58
2 / 1634 Mexican Cochineal Mexicaansche Cochenille pound 24.00 Guilders 14
2 / 1634 Milanese Rice Milaansche rijst 100 pounds 13.95 Guilders
2 / 1634 Muscovados Moscovades pound 0.50 Guilders 33
2 / 1634 Native Honey inlandshe honig tun 51.50 Guilders 81
2 / 1634 Native Salted Hides Inlandsche Gezouten Huiden pound 0.17 Guilders
2 / 1634 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 28.00 Guilders
6 / 1634 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 21.25 Guilders
7 / 1634 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 21.25 Guilders
2 / 1634 Paternoster Flax Paternoster Vlas ship-pound 55.00 Guilders
2 / 1634 Polish Summer Wool Poolsche Zomerwol pound 0.75 Guilders
2 / 1634 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 155.87 Guilders
2 / 1634 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 60.00 Guilders
2 / 1634 Sherry Syrese Secken tun 282.00 Guilders 39
2 / 1634 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 48.00 Guilders
2 / 1634 Small Pepper Kleine peper Pound 0.70 Guilders 29
2 / 1634 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.48 Guilders
2 / 1634 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 600.00 Guilders
6 / 1634 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 570.00 Guilders
7 / 1634 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 528.00 Guilders
4 / 1634 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 56.55 Guilders 4
2 / 1634 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 6.13 Guilders 91
2 / 1634 The Best Bear's Foot Ashes De Beste Berenklauwasch last 600.00 Guilders 80
2 / 1634 The Best Dantzig Potash De Beste Dantziger Potasch 100 pounds 20.25 Guilders
2 / 1634 Treacle Suikersiroop pound 16.43 Guilders 90
2 / 1634 Unbleached Hondschoote Serges, 3 Seals Ongebleekte Hondschootsche Saaien, 3 Looden piece 30.75 Guilders
2 / 1634 Aix-la-Chapelle Kettles Ketels van Aken 100 pounds 67.00 Guilders
2 / 1634 Baltic Tallow Oostersche Talk 100 pounds 22.00 Guilders
6 / 1634 Baltic Tallow Oostersche Talk 100 pounds 17.50 Guilders
7 / 1634 Baltic Tallow Oostersche Talk 100 pounds 17.50 Guilders
2 / 1634 Bologna Organzine Bologneesche Organsijn pound 21.30 Guilders
2 / 1634 Cyprus Cotton Cypersche Katoen pound 0.55 Guilders
2 / 1634 Eastland Brass-Wire Koperdraad van Oostland 100 pounds 64.00 Guilders