UK, 1880: Catalogue & Platina Cost; C. Ash & Sons

1880: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Ural Spot? 83% Ore) = £ 0.63 (USD$ 3.)
1880: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Ural Spot? Ore, .999) = £ 0.7605 (USD$ 3.68)

1880: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Trade: Semi-mfg; Bulk) = £ 1.60 (USD$ 7.74)

1880: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Trade: Semi-mfg) = £ 1.70 (USD$ 8.23)

1880: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Trade: Semi-mfg; Bulk) = £ 1.65 (USD$ 7.98)
1880: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Trade: Semi-mfg) = £ 1.75 (USD$ 8.46)

1880: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Semi-mfg; to order) = £ 1.85 (USD$ 8.95)
1880: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mfg: gauze) = £ 1.95 (USD$ 9.44)

Citation: Catalogue of electrical and galvanic apparatus. (Mawson & Swan) Newcastle-on-Tyne (1880) p.21

1880: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mfg, retail) = £ 2. (USD$ 9.68)

1881: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt) = £ 1.5 - 1.75 (USD$ 6. - 7.25)

c.1879: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (Semi-mfg) = £ 1.30 - 1.40 (USD$ 6.31-7.69)

c.1879: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (Dental alloy rate) = £ 1.39 -1.83 (USD$ 6.5-8.0)

Citation: A catalogue of artificial teeth, dental materials, instruments, tools ... ; Claudius Ash & Sons (1880)







1880: 1 Troy Oz. Gold (Semi-mfg, trade) = £ 4.80 (USD$ 23.30) 




1880: 1 Troy Oz. Silver  (Semi-Mfg, Trade) = £ 0.2875 (USD$ )

See also Jamieson's chart for wholesale platina in British Shillings (landed & tariffed UK prices?):

1880: 1 Troy Oz. platina (UK, bulk) ~ £ 1.10 (USD$ 5.25)

Citation: The Electrical Engineer, Vol. 15, No. 254, 3/15/1893 p.268


1880: 1 Troy Oz. platina (ore, Urals) = £ o.63 (USD$ 3.)

Citation: The Platinum Metals, Arthur Douglas Lumb (1920) p.13


1920 summary: Uralian ore, at the source



1880: Unusual Platinum counterfeit Sovereign found in Sydney. A full-weight Sovereign weighted .2568 Ozt.

If the the counterfeit Alloy was the same as the Napoleon of 1874 (81.5% Pt, 18.5% Cu) and a full-weight "Doblon d'Isabel" weighed .2611/.2681 Ozt. Platinum Doblon counterfeits were known to weigh as much as .27 Ozt (8.4 g) and gilding to the UK Sovereign form should have increased mass to perhaps .268 Ozt (8. g) There was ~6.62 g. Platinum in the planchet.






At Stack's New York 2011 International Sale (1/10/2011) an example described as "Boldly lustrous, struck on 8.4 gram planchet (correct weight was 8.3371 grams)" sold for USD$546.25 (+15% = $628.20) With Spot Platinum $1,770, the retail premium for Platinum investment x, the numismatic premium is y. Where local coin shops quoted the 1/10th Ozt Platinum Eagle for $229., the approximate Retail Pt Coin Premium should have been 29.38%. The Platinum Counterfeit Doblon D'Isabel therefore had a retail numismatic premium of 2.27x over Pt Coin Spot. 

(The US Mint's Retail Pt Coin Premium for the 1 Ozt Coin was was 17.59% on 5/26/11.)

1/11/2011: 1 Troy Oz. Coin Platinum (Counterfeit) = £ 1,892. (USD$ 2,952.)

1880: See 1868.
A complete set of mineral teeth (14x2= 28, manufactured) retailed £ 21. - 26.25
A complete set of mineral teeth (superior) retailed £ 31.50
A complete set of mineral teeth (14x2= 28, manufactured) retailed excessively £ 52.50
 
Citation: British Journal of Dental Science, Vol. 23 (1880)



Fletcher's Dental Amalgam:

1880/1: 1 Troy Oz. "Platinum Amalgam" (Dental) = £ 1. (USD$ 4.84)