USA, 1894: Fluctuating Prices

1894: London Price firm : £  1.8875



May, 1894: San Francisco hardware dealer in assay equipment (then agent of Eimer & Amend), Justinian Caire's bill should have included transcontinental freight & markup:


May 1894: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (San Francisco, Wire) = USD$ 13.80
May 1894: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (SF, wire) = USD$ 13.06

Citation: Annual Report of the Secretary to the Regents Appendix ("Fiscal Year Ending June 20, 1894") Appendix No. 6, p.159


Caire's "Ounce" presumably avoirdupois:

May 1894: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (SF: Semi-Mfg, Foil) = USD$  12.07
May 1894: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (SF: Semi-Mfg, Wire) = USD$  13.16




Presumably, "Richards & Co." of NYC or Philadelphia? and 0.5 Ozt Pt Wire

July, 1894: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Phila.: Semi-Mfg) = USD$ 10.44?




1894: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Mfg, Trade) =

Citation: The Dental Cosmos, By Edward C. Kirk (Dec. 1894) p.26


May 1894: 1 Troy Oz. platina (SF: CA ore, 75%?) = USD$ 6.
May 1894: 1 Troy Oz. platina (SF: CA ore .999) = USD$ 8.

Citation: 16th Annual report of the US Geological Survey, Part 3 ; Geological Survey (1894





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