France, 1844: Chapuis & Military Item Expenditure

1844: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Russian Ingot: European Mkts) = Fr 26.684
 
c.1843: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (mfg, producer) = Fr  31.1 (USD$ 5.88)


1845:  1 Troy Oz. Platinum (semi-mfg., whols.)  = Fr. 40.43 - 46.65 (USD$ 7.99 - 9.) 

December 1844: Nicolas Louis Vauquelin's Catalogue (?)



1844/5: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Ore 75%, Retail) = Fr 24.88 (USD$ 4.41)
1844/5: 1 Ozt. Pt (Ore @.999, Ret.) = Fr 33.18 (USD$ 6.01) 
1844/5: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Refined, Retail) = Fr 34.21 (USD$ 6.20)



1844/5: 1 Ozt. Osmiridium (Ore, Retail) = Fr 46.66 (USD$ 8.45)



1844/5: 1 Ozt. Platinous Chloride (PtCl2, Ret.) = Fr 31.103 (USD$ 5.88)




June, 1844: Desmoutis, Morin & Chapuis Still (Capacity: 200 Liters; Cost: Fr 40,000.). At Fr 31.1/oz., Platinum still costing Fr 40,000 weighed about 1,286 troy ounces.
The volume is the same as the 1820 Cuoq & Couturier still.

1 Kilogram Platinum = Thlr. 254.90 (= Fr. 892.) plus workmanship (~ Fr. 100)

The manufacture per kilogram processed Platinum is calculated at present Fr. 1,000. (the Loth kölnisch to Thlr 3.7243, nearly 4.5 times the price of fine Silver) with moderate addition on the workmanship.

1845: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Manufactured, Bulk) = Fr 31.103 (USD$ 5.88)

Citation: Mittheilungen des Gewerbevereins für das Königreich Hannover, Parts 35-43; Gewerbe-Verein für das Königreich Hannover (1845) p.118


c. 1844, perhaps earlier:
The purity of the ore (annual avg? 5,916 English Troy Ounces) processed in the Seine Department was 65.61; this would account for somewhere between 1/10th and 1/20th the annual Russian production.

1844/5: 1 Ozt. platina (Ore 70%, Cartagena?) = Fr 10.11 (USD$ 1.83)
1844/5: 1 Ozt. Pt (Ore @.999) = Fr 14.42 (USD$ 2.61)
1844/5: 1 Ozt. Pt (Producer Cost, .999) ~ Fr 14.42 (USD$ 2.61) 
 
1844/5: 1 Ozt. Pt (Paris: Refined Sponge) = Fr 28. (USD$ 5.07) 

Citation: Leçons de chimie élémentaire: appliquées aux arts industriels; Jean Girardin (1846) p.498


Russian production of platina, in English Troy Ounces

At the New York Exhibition of 1853:

According to the French military expenditure price list, Platinum was 3x more expensive than Silver and about 1/4 the price of Gold.  

Decomposition Apparatus (w/ Platinum) was Fr 12 ;


1844: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mfg.)  = Fr 31.1 (USD$ 5.88) 
1844: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (2nd?)  = Fr 24.88 (USD$ 4.70) 
1844: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Scrap, Bid)  = Fr 18.66 (USD$ 3.53) 

1844: 1 Troy Oz. Gold (mfg.)  = Fr 116.63 (USD$ 22.46)

1844: 1 Troy Oz. Silver (Mfg.)  = Fr 9.33 (USD$ 1.80) 
1844: 1 Troy Oz. Silver (2nd?)  = Fr 7.78 (USD$ 1.50) 
1844: 1 Troy Oz. Silver (Scrap, Bid)  = Fr 6.22 (USD$ 1.20) 


Citation: Journal militaire officiel (1845) pp.