France, 1860: Paris Catalogue Price for All Types of Platinum (Menier)

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1860: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (refined,whols. )  =  Fr 31.1 (USD$ 6.06)  
1860: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (ingot, whols.)  =  Fr 34.21 (USD$ 6.67)

1860: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Ore, Ret.)  =  Fr 31.1 (USD$ 6.06) 
1860: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mfg: Intrinsic)  =  Fr 37.32 (USD$ 7.27)
1860: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Sponge, Ret.)  =  Fr 40.4345 (USD$ 7.876)
1860: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Fine Wire, Ret.)  =  Fr 40.4345 (USD$ 7.876)
1860: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Sheet, Ret.)  =  Fr 40.4345 (USD$ 7.876)

1860: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum-Black (Sponge, Ret.)  =  Fr 62.21 (USD$ 12.12)

1860: 1 Troy Oz. Silver (Wire, Ret.)  =  Fr 10.89 (USD$ 2.12)

Citation: Catalogue commercial ou prix courant général des drogues simples, produits ... Menier (1860) pp.



 

1860: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum Chloride (PtCl2, Ret.) =  Fr 31.1 (USD$ 6.06) 


1860: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum Iodide (Pt I2, Ret.) =  Fr 38.88 (USD$ 7.58) 


1860: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum Oxide (Pt O2, Ret.) =  Fr 62.21 (USD$ 12.12) 


1860: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum Sulphide (PtS, Ret.) =  Fr 54.43 (USD$ 10.61) 


 
 
1860: 1 Ozt. Silver (Refined, Ret.) =  Fr 12.44 (USD$ 2.42) 



1860: 1 Ozt. Silver (Wire, Ret.) =  Fr 15.55 (USD$ 3.03)  



The Platinum Foil was half the price of the Grove Element, 2.69 Grams (~41.54 Grains)

1860: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Semi-Mfg, whols.)  = Fr  37.32 - 46.65 (USD$ 7.27 -9.09)

In Menier, prices for manufactured Platinum items seem variably cheaper than this 1856 medical catalog, but exclude 'fashioning.'

1860: 1 Troy Oz. Iridium (ore, whols. )  =  Fr 77.75  (USD$ 15.16) 

1860: 1 Troy Oz. Iridium (refined, whols. )  =  Fr 202.15  (USD$ 39.41) 

1860: 1 Troy Oz. Rhodium (Refined, Ret.)  =  Fr 326.55 (USD$ 63.55)

 

1860: 1 Troy Oz. Osmium (Refined, Ret.)  =  Fr 699.75 (USD$ 136.40)

1860: 1 Troy Oz. Iridosmine (Ore, Ret.)  =  Fr 75.76 (USD$ 15.16)






Assuming Palladium sold Fr. 10.5/gramme:

1860: 1 Ozt. Palladium (60/40 Ag/Pd Alloy, Ret.)  =  Fr 139.97 (USD$ 27.26)
1860: 1 Ozt. Palladium (60/40 Ag/Pd Alloy, Ret.)  =  Fr 326.59 (USD$ 63.61) 



The full weight 20-Franc coin weighed 6.45 gr, this false (restruck?) or poor 20-Franc counterfeit in Platinum weighed only 6.11 gr., Fr 6.33 worth of metal.

1860: Platinum Workers in Paris