Citation: The Bankers Magazine, Vol. 2 (1847)
English Commodity Prices, 1782-1816
Citation: Moody's magazine: a monthly review for investors, bankers and men ..., Vol. 20 (1917) p.68
USA: Philadelphia Flour Prices, 1796 - 1837
However, a barrel of highest quality flour (196 lbs avd) in London, July 1801 was £ 5. - 5.75 (S$ 22.20 - 25.55) - the global price or flour was therefore volatile and inflated.
c. 1808, iron in bars and rods cost £ 9. per Spanish Quintal or S$ 0.86937 or the equivalent £ 0.19561 per kg.
The local Quintal-Price of imported iron at Lisbon in June 1808 in reis (£ 0.265 per milreis = £ 1.746 per Lisbon quintal) was equivalent to R$ 112.3366 (Milreis 0.11233 per kg. or the equivalent £ 0.0297 per kg. At these rates, Swedish bar/rod iron would therefore have been 6.58x more expensive in Choco.
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