Amsterdam exchange rates and prices... (1807)

NRA-L-000859 / 1807

Amsterdam exchange rates and prices of coins and bullion, 27 August 1807

Handwritten sheet headed Amsterdam, 27 August 1807, listing exchange quotations for European trading centres and prices for gold, silver and coins.

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NRA-L-000859

NRA-L-000859 image 1 showing Handwritten Amsterdam exchange-rate and coin-price table dated 27 August 1807. — **Image 1**Handwritten Amsterdam exchange-rate and coin-price table dated 27 August 1807.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000859
Date: 1807-08-27
Original date: à Amsterdam le 27 Aout 1807
Type: Exchange rate sheet
Language: French / fr
Sender: Unidentified sender
Extent: 1 documentary side: Handwritten Amsterdam exchange-rate and coin-price table dated 27 August 1807; 1 digital image.
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000859.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Handwritten Amsterdam exchange-rate and coin-price table dated 27 August 1807

Original transcript

à Amsterdam le 27 Aout 1807.

[Bᵒ]
Paris { 53 7/16 : à Vue ; 53 1/4 : à 2 Usances }
Bordeaux : 53 1/2 — à 1/2 Usance
Londres { 35 [signe] 2.35 : à Vue ; 35 [signe] 34.10 : à 2 Usances }
Madrid : 93 —
Cadix : 92 [chiffre biffé]
Séville : 92 —
Bilbao : 92 [chiffres corrigés]
Lisbonne : 45 [chiffre biffé]
Porte : 45 —
[Accolade commune, Madrid–Porte :] à 2 Usances
[À droite de Séville–Bilbao :] [52 ?] ; à 1 Usance
Venise : —
Gênes : 83 1/2
Livourne : 90 1/2
[Accolade commune, Venise–Livourne :] à 2 Mois
Vienne : 16 7/8
Breslau : —
[Accolade commune, Vienne–Breslau :] à 6 Semaines
Hambourg { 33 5/16 : à Vue ; 33 3/16 : à 2 Mois }

Or en Lingots
Or Monnoyé
[Prix commun :] f [0 1/4.10 ?]
[% ?] au dessus du Prix fixé à f 355 le Marc fin
Louis d’Or : f 11.3. — Stᵗ la Pᶜᵉ
Ducats neufs : f 5.10 3/4. 1/2. — idᵐ
[ditto] vieux : f 5 8 1/2.10.
Guinées : f 12.2.6. — idᵐ
Argent fin : f 25 1/4 / 24.8. — le Marc
Piastres : f — ; Bᵒ le Marc
[Idem ?] : 51 1/8. 50 7/8. — Stᵗ la Pᶜᵉ
Ecu de France de 6 f : 55.54 3/4. — Stᵗ [idᵐ ?]
Ecu de Brabant : 54.53. — Stᵗ
Agio de Bᵠᵘᵉ : 4. — Pᶜᵗ
Tiers de Bᵠᵘᵉ : [sans cours inscrit] — Pᶜᵗ

Handwritten Amsterdam exchange-rate and coin-price table dated 27 August 1807

English translation

Amsterdam, 27 August 1807

[Bᵒ]
Paris: 53 7/16 at sight; 53 1/4 at 2 usances.
Bordeaux: 53 1/2 at 1/2 usance.
London: 35 [sign] 2.35 at sight; 35 [sign] 34.10 at 2 usances.
Madrid: 93 —
Cadiz: 92 [deleted numeral].
Seville: 92 —
Bilbao: 92 [corrected numerals].
Lisbon: 45 [deleted numeral].
Porte: 45 —
[Common brace, Madrid–Porte:] at 2 usances.
[To the right of Seville–Bilbao:] [52?]; at 1 usance.
Venice: —
Genoa: 83 1/2.
Leghorn: 90 1/2.
[Common brace, Venice–Leghorn:] at 2 months.
Vienna: 16 7/8.
Breslau: —
[Common brace, Vienna–Breslau:] at 6 weeks.
Hamburg: 33 5/16 at sight; 33 3/16 at 2 months.

Gold in bars.
Coined gold.
[Common quotation:] f [0 1/4.10?].
[%?] above the price fixed at f 355 per fine mark.
Louis d’or: f 11.3. — Stᵗ per piece.
New ducats: f 5.10 3/4. 1/2. — ditto.
[Ditto] old: f 5 8 1/2.10.
Guineas: f 12.2.6. — ditto.
Fine silver: f 25 1/4 / 24.8. — per mark.
Piastres: f —; Bᵒ per mark.
[Idem?; apparently the same piastres, quoted per piece]: 51 1/8. 50 7/8. — Stᵗ per piece.
French écu of 6 f: 55.54 3/4. — Stᵗ [ditto?].
Brabant écu: 54.53. — Stᵗ.
Bank agio: 4. — Pᶜᵗ.
Bank thirds: [no quotation entered] — Pᶜᵗ.

Notes

The handwritten sheet has no identified compiler or addressee. Its relationship to a particular letter remains unestablished.
Numerical separators, fractions and abbreviated units are retained without conversion; a few local readings are uncertain where marked. An usance is retained as a period term without imposing a modern duration.
The independent reader confirms written Vienne16 7/8 without silently substituting an expected historical quotation. The entry below Piastres is tentatively read Idem and may repeat piastres per piece; it is not asserted as a newly identified coin.

Discovery Terms

Reiset–Broumer Correspondence
Exchange rates
Amsterdam
Coins
Bullion
Trade

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