On Platina.: Quicksilver: 19th Century Prices

April 20, 2011

Quicksilver: 19th Century Prices

Where the Spanish common quintal was 101.44 Lbs English avoirdupois:

1779; 1883:

1789: 1 English Pound Avoirdupois = S$ 1.92
c.1791: 1 English Pound Avoirdupois = S$ 1.64

1789:

c.1791:

1798:

1801:

1800-11:

1806: UK Price-Current

Late November, 1809: London Price-Current

1810: The New York Price for Quicksilver was $1.10 > $1.25

pre-1810

1863: California Price for Quicksilver $ 0.15
1863: London Price for Spanish Quicksilver $ 1.00

1825: French prices in Sterling

1825:

c.1834

1834-1836:

1836: $65./quintal

1836: 1 English Pound Avoirdupois (global price?) = S$ 0.64

1837: London Price 2/4/1837:

March 1842:
1834: 1 English Pound Avoirdupois (Spanish Spot) = S$ 0.39
1841: 1 English Pound Avoirdupois (Spanish Spot) = S$ 1.18

1842:

1842: 1 English Pound Avoirdupois (Alamaden Contract) = S$ 0.53

Dec. 1842: Russian price

Account from April 1840: circa 1839?

1843 account of Spain; Calderon de la Barca's account dates to April 1840:

Reported in 1847, dated price (Potosi, 1839?)

1846/7: Mexican contract

1846/7: 1 English Pound Avoirdupois (Mexican Whols.) = S$ 0.99

1848-9:

c.1849?

1850-53: UK imported wholesale price

1851-5: COST per quintal, at Almadén

1851-5: 1 English Pound Avoirdupois (Spanish Production Cost) = S$ 0.13

1 Frasco = 34.507 Kgs.

Austrian quicksilver, 1800-1879 (suspect weight conversion & price error calculation!):

The Austrian Centner was 123 lbs. avoirdupois, so:

1861: 1 lb Mercury = 1.23 Fl
1862: 1 lb Mercury = 1.26 Fl
1863: 1 lb Mercury = 1.00 Fl
1864: 1 lb Mercury = 1.16 Fl
1865: 1 lb Mercury = 1.17 Fl
1866: 1 lb Mercury = 1.14 Fl
1867: 1 lb Mercury = 0.99 Fl
1868: 1 lb Mercury = 0.91 Fl
1869: 1 lb Mercury = 0.94 Fl
1870: 1 lb Mercury = 1.12 Fl
1871: 1 lb Mercury = 1.48 Fl