UK, 1858-70: Palladium Price Spike

Palladium had been much cheaper in the UK, and the price began rising hard in 1858.


1854: 1 Troy Ounce Palladium (pure)  = £ 1.50 (USD$ )
1854: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (chloride salt)  = £ 0.25 (USD$ )
1854: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (chloride salt)  = £ 0.25 (USD$ )


1859: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (pure)  ~ £ 9.0 (USD$ 44.10)
1859: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (chloride salt)  ~ £ 1.5 (USD$ 7.35)
1859: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (chloride salt)  = £ 1.25 -1.50 (USD$ 6.13 - 7.35)
 


1858/9: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (refined)  ~ £ 4.4 (USD$ 21.5)
1858/9: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (refined, unmfg)  =  Fr 139.95 (£ 5.49)  or
3.8 x £1.4 (the 1857 British Price of Platinum) ~ £ 5.70 (USD$ 26.68 - 27.87)
c.1859: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (refined)  ~ £ 7.85 (USD$ 38.5)
c.1863: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (refined)  ~ £ 8.48 (USD$ 60.04) 

c.1865?: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (refined)  ~ £ 8. (USD$ 44.72) 

1854:

1858/9: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (retail)  = £ 2.43 (USD$ 11.82)

1858:

1859:
Citation: The photographic news, Volumes 1-2 edited by Sir William Crookes, George Wharton Simpson, (1859)





Citation: The Action of Carbon on Palladium: Inaug. Diss. of the Georgia Augusta ... By Thomas Wood (1859) p. 2.


Citation: The photographic news, Volumes 1-2 edited by Sir William Crookes, George Wharton Simpson, (1859) p. 204.


Citation: The photographic news, Volumes 1-2 edited by Sir William Crookes, George Wharton Simpson, (1859) p.
 
 
Citation: Metallurgy: the art of extracting metals from their ores, and ..., Volume 2, By John Percy (1864), p. 180.


c.1865?
Citation : 2nd Ed.  A manual of metallurgy By George Hogarth Makins (1873)