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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 / 1640 Leyden Fustians with the L Leidsche Fusteinen met de L piece 12.00 Guilders
9 / 1640 Leyden Fustians, Double Lions Leidsche Fusteinen, Dubbele Leeuwen piece 14.10 Guilders
9 / 1640 Leyden Fustians, Single Lions Leidsche Fusteinen, Enkele Leeuwen piece 12.75 Guilders
9 / 1640 Leyden Satin Crown Bombasines Leidsche Satijn Bombazijnen, Kronen piece 23.50 Guilders
9 / 1640 Leyden Satin Crown Bombasines, 1 Seal Leidsche Satijn Bombazijnen, Kronen, 1 Lood piece 14.38 Guilders
9 / 1640 Leyden Single Gentlemen's Crown Serges Leidsche Enkele Heerensaaien Kronen piece 50.50 Guilders
9 / 1640 Leyden Single Gentlemen's Crown Serges, Reduced Leidsche Enkele Heerensaaien Kronen, Vervallen piece 46.25 Guilders
9 / 1640 Leyden Single Gentlemen's Crown Serges, Reduced, 1 Seal Leidsche Enkele Heerensaaien Kronen, Vervallen, 1 Lood piece 22.75 Guilders
9 / 1640 Leyden Single Gentlemen's Crown Serges, Reduced, 2 Seals Leidsche Enkele Heerensaaien Kronen, Vervallen, 2 Looden piece 23.50 Guilders
9 / 1640 Linseed Oil Lijnolie aum 42.00 Guilders 64
9 / 1640 Loaf-sugar Melissuiker pound 0.71 Guilders 89
9 / 1640 Long Prunes Lange Pruimen 100 pounds 4.88 Guilders
9 / 1640 Long Raisins Lange Rozijnen 100 pounds 22.75 Guilders 71
9 / 1640 Luneberg and Bremer Shorn Wool Luneburger en Bremer Schoorwol 100 pounds 19.00 Guilders
9 / 1640 Marseilles Soap Marseillaansche Zeep 100 pounds 27.25 Guilders 78
9 / 1640 Matie Maatjesharing last 112.50 Guilders
9 / 1640 Mercury Kwikzilver pound 1.40 Guilders 58
9 / 1640 Mexican Cochineal Mexicaansche Cochenille pound 27.15 Guilders 14
9 / 1640 Milanese Rice Milaansche rijst 100 pounds 13.05 Guilders
9 / 1640 Muscovados Moscovades pound 0.49 Guilders 33
9 / 1640 Native Salted Hides Inlandsche Gezouten Huiden pound 0.14 Guilders
9 / 1640 Native Sweet Tallow Inlandsche Zoete Talk 100 pounds 25.50 Guilders
9 / 1640 Paternoster Flax Paternoster Vlas ship-pound 38.25 Guilders
9 / 1640 Polish Summer Wool Poolsche Zomerwol pound 0.67 Guilders
9 / 1640 Prussian rye Pruisische rogge last 128.34 Guilders
9 / 1640 Riga Clean Hemp Riga Reinhennep ship-pound 32.63 Guilders
9 / 1640 Sappan Wood Sappan Hout 100 pounds 11.50 Guilders 23
9 / 1640 Sherry Syrese Secken tun 270.00 Guilders 39
9 / 1640 Single White Iron Enkel Blik 100 pounds 43.00 Guilders
9 / 1640 Smyrna Cotton Smirna Katoen pound 0.34 Guilders
9 / 1640 St. Ubes Salt St. Ubes Zout last 576.00 Guilders
9 / 1640 Steel in Bars Staal in Staven 100 pounds 24.25 Guilders 63
9 / 1640 Swedish Garcopper Zweedsch Gaarkoper 100 pounds 44.00 Guilders 4
9 / 1640 Swedish Iron Zweedsch Ijzer 100 pounds 7.50 Guilders 91
9 / 1640 The Best Bear's Foot Ashes De Beste Berenklauwasch last 300.00 Guilders 80
9 / 1640 The Best Dantzig Potash De Beste Dantziger Potasch 100 pounds 13.80 Guilders
9 / 1640 Treacle Suikersiroop pound 15.15 Guilders 90
9 / 1640 Unbleached Hondschoote Serges, 3 Seals Ongebleekte Hondschootsche Saaien, 3 Looden piece 39.00 Guilders
9 / 1640 Washed Segovia Lamb's wool Gewasschen Segovia Lamswol 100 pounds 74.00 Guilders
9 / 1640 West Indian Hides Westindische Huiden pound 0.31 Guilders 61
9 / 1640 White Candy Witte Kandij pound 1.25 Guilders 30
9 / 1640 Yellow Wood Geelhout 100 pounds 2.60 Guilders 26
9 / 1640 Yufts Juchten pound 0.88 Guilders 46
9 / 1640 Apulian oil Olie van Puglia tun 405.00 Guilders 35
9 / 1640 Baltic (Dry) Wax Oostersche (Droge) Was 100 pounds 71.50 Guilders 11
9 / 1640 Big Gallnuts Groote Galnoten 100 pounds 29.00 Guilders 9
9 / 1640 Bordeaux Brandy Bordeaux Brandewijn 30 double gallons 108.75 Guilders 38
9 / 1640 Brazilian white sugar Braziliaansche witte suiker pound 0.55 Guilders 31
9 / 1640 Cadix Salt Cadix Zout hundredweight of 404 measures 480.00 Guilders
9 / 1640 Clean Mace Schoone Foelie pound 6.00 Guilders 86