USA, 1881

1880/1: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mfg, Retail) = USD$ 12.
1880/1: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Semi-Mfg, Retail) = USD$ 12.


1881: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Midwest: Mfg., Retail) = USD$ 13.06

Citation: Experiments in Amber Cane and the Ensilage of Fodders..., Volumes 1-2; University of Wisconsin-Agricultural Experiment Station (1882)


If sold at $ 0.43/g., 46.5 g or ~ 11.5 g. each




1881: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Scrap, Bid) = $ 5.
1881: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Coin: Intrinsic) = $ 7.05
1881: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt: Est. Semi-Mfg) = USD$ 8.69
1881: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mfg., Retail) = USD$ 12.36

The numismatic value of Platinum Coin is informative; where a 3-Rouble (10.35 Grams) sold for $6.25, the numismatic premium was ~166%.  The astronomical price paid for a 'Proof' 3-Rouble coin was strong incentive for the Novotel reproductions.

January, 1881: 3-Rouble (Proof) = USD$ 23.
1881: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Coin: Numismatic) = $ 69.09
 
Citation: American Journal of Numismatics, and Bulletin of American..., Vol. 15 No., April 1881, p.92 


April, 1881: 3-Rouble (Avg?) = USD$ 6.25

1881: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Coin: Numismatic?) = $ 18.78

Citation: American Journal of Numismatics, and Bulletin of American..., Vol. 16 No.1, July 1881, p.21


A chemist reported the Platinumware held by the Smithsonian in 1881: 2,770 Grams (89 Ozt) valued at > USD$ 1,100.


1881: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mfg, Ret.) = USD$ 12.36 
 
1881: Platinumware at Replacement Rate
  

Citation: Report of the Board of Regents (Smithsonian Instution) 1882



Late 1881: Bid for Platinum Scrap
Citation: Dental Brief, Vol. 1 No. 1 (Dec. 1881)

1881: California Retail for Semi-Mfg


 
See 1880 British price. 

1881: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Sheet, Retail) = $ 12.
1881: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Wire, Retail) = $ 12. - 15.

McKesson & Robbins' 1881 Prices Current of Drugs, Chemical and Pharmaceutical preparation, proprietary medicines, corks, dyes, painst, etc.

1881: 1 Troy Oz. Iridium (p.30) = $77.5 - 80.86

1881: 1 Troy Oz. Osmium (p.41) = $93.30

1881: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (p. 41) = $ 72. -96

J.H. Bunnell & Co.'s Illustrated catalogue and price list, Telegraphic, Electrical & Telephone supplies. (New York, 1881) p.21, 'Platinum Wire' (p.42):

No.12, Per Inch.................$ 0.80
No.14, Per Inch.................$ 0.50
No.16, Per Inch.................$ 0.35
No.18, Per Inch.................$ 0.25
No.20, Per Inch.................$ 0.20
No.22, Per Inch.................$ 0.15
No.24, Per Inch.................$ 0.08
[No.] 12 to 22, per dwt. .....$ 0.60
[No.] 24 to 30, per dwt. .....$ 0.75

Sheet Platinum, per dwt. ....$ 0.60

Platinum (strip, ~ , unknown dimension) for Grove's Battery ($1.60) was listed (p.29) at $ 0.80, standard price.

1881:

Citation: Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Physical & Chemical Apparatus, for School Use / Electro Medical Instruments, Batteries, Optical Goods, Etc. Curt W. Meyer, 1881

Platinum Jet tips: $ 0.25



c.1881:  Where the 6-Rouble Coin was worth USD$ 4.70

1881: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Coined, Scrap rate) = $ 7.05

Citation: Hubbard's newspaper and bank directory of the world (1882)


1881: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (intrinsic, refined) ~ $ 50
 


Dental Gold (Bonwill's Alloy, $5./oz w/50% mercury and 13.5% Gold) sold at a rate of ~$103./oz, if US mercury be assumed @ ~ USD$ 0.28/oz. (the rate in British dental advertisements.) British dental gold was sold wholesale in the UK @ an equivalent rate of USD$ 27.83 - 31.46, but US imported alloys of even lower Gold-content sold even higher.

Fletcher's Platinum Amalgam @ $4.80/oz had precious little Pt, likewise.


Johnson & Lund's Amalgam was 1.34% Platinum