France: 1890 Death Spike and Prices, Investigated

1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Wholesale) = Fr 27.99 (USD$ 5.42)
1889: 1 Troy Oz. Gold (Wholesale) = Fr 107.87 (USD$ 20.886) 

1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Wholesale) = Fr 34.21 (USD$ 6.62)
 
1890: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Wholesale) = Fr 74.65 (USD$ 14.44)
1890: 1 Troy Oz. Gold (Wholesale) = Fr 107.93 (USD$ 20.881) 
 
1891: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Wholesale) = Fr 45.10 (USD$ 8.721) 
1891: 1 Troy Oz. Gold (Wholesale) = Fr 108.365 (USD$ 20.952)  

Citation: Commission Permanente des Valeurs de Douane (1890)








 
Where 1 Poud cost (Fr. 34,838) руб 12,500. in the Urals,

June, 1890: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Ural, High) = 23.74 руб
June, 1890: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Ural, High) = Fr 66.15
June, 1890: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Ural, High) = USD$ 16.18


Citation: Recueil Consulaire Contenant les Rapports Commerciaux des Agents..., Vol. 95, Belgium, Ministère des affaires étrangères (1897) p.357


From Berlin in 1890:



June, 1890: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Ural, High) = Fr







 

October 1890:

10/1890: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Mfg) = Fr 85.53 (USD$ )


1889: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Mfg) = Fr 37.32 (USD$ )
1890: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Mfg) = Fr 80.87 (USD$ )

Platinum stills
 



Counterfeit Fr 20. coins, removed from circulation by the French Mint:

Citation: Annual Report of the Director of the Mint; United States Bureau of the Mint (1891) p.288