Germany, 1899

December 1895: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mkt.) = ℳ 48.37
c.April 1896: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mkt.) = ℳ 50.39
January 1897: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mkt.) = ℳ 51.63
c.July 1897: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mkt.) = ~ℳ 53.34
c.April 1898: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mkt) = ~ℳ 56.45
September 1898: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mkt.) = ℳ 62.21

April/May 1899: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Mkt.) = ℳ 69.983 ($ 16.67)
April 1899: 1 Ozt. Platinum (UK Producer, London Spot) =  (£ 3.50)  




At the turn of the year 1895 Platinum cost 1,555 Marks per kilogram. In the spring of 1896 it was already 1,620; by January 1897 it cost 1,660. In the summer of the same year (1897) it was in the 1,700s.  In the Spring of 1898 in the 1,800's, in September 2,000. - and today it costs 2,250 Mark. 

Citation: Die Zukunft. Herausgeber: M. Harden, Vol. 27  Maximilian Felix Ernst HARDEN (1899)

1899:  
1899: 1 Ozt. platina (82.5% Russian Ore) = ℳ 46.14 (USD$ 11.)

1899: 1 Ozt. Pt (Refining Cost) = ℳ 1.244 (USD$ 0.30, Fr 1.52, £ 0.0483)
1899: 1 Ozt. Russian platina, refined = ℳ 55.93 (USD$ 13.33)
1899: 1 Ozt. Pt Refiner Profit (First Base Price Cost) = ℳ 6.58 (USD$ 1.43)

1899: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Semi-Mfg; Whols./Ret.) = ℳ 63.76 (USD$ 15.19)

Citation: Die Metalle: Geschichte, Vorkommen und Gewinnung, nebst ausführlicher ...Bernhard Neumann p.363