France, 1817

Assuming the Kilogram 32.68387 Paris Onces, 
Pd.M. Rate is Fr.64.- 80. ; Kg Rate is Fr. 130.-165.


c.1817: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Common Ore, Paris Spot) = Fr 5. (£ )

Citation: Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle..., Vol. 26 (1818) p.583


Possibly Late 1816 news, reported by C.L. Cadet.
 

c. February, 1817:
Citation: Journal de pharmacie et des sciences accessoires, No.3, March 1817 p.242



c. March, 1817: 
March, 1817: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (refined) = Fr 13.76 (£ 0.554)
March, 1817: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (semi-mfg) = Fr 14.74 (£ 0.593) 
March, 1817: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (assembly) ~ Fr 2.54 (£ 0.102)
March, 1817: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (fully mfg still) = Fr 18.29 (£ 0.7360)

1817: 20 Kilograms Platinum Ingot > 15.5 Kilogram Platinum Still of 162 Litres

Citation: Bulletin de la Societe D'Encourgement Pour L'Industrie Nationale (1817) p.68
 





March 1817: reporting, with errors!


April, 1817: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Refined) = Fr 13.76 (£ 0.5651)
April, 1817: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Semi-Mfg) = Fr 14.74 (£ 0.6053)
April, 1817: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Assembly) ~ Fr 2.54 (£ 0.102)
April, 1817: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Fully Mfg Still) = Fr 17.28 (£ 0.7097)


(Apparently written with great detail & expansive knowledge, after 1815 and the Mint's acquisition of the famous 1816 Jeanetty boiler.)

Platina grains were sold by the lot, sorted and sight-graded by size and apparent purity; no reference to specific gravity.  This Paris Price was 33% - 54% higher than Wollaston's cost, suggesting a trade rate.

c.1818?: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Paris, trade) = Fr 4.06 - 5.08 (USD$ 0.93)

Citation: Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts..., Vol. 26; Charles S. Sonnini (1818)



 
The key was to simplify the processing and it is this simplification, it is above all the company made ​​more than had great yet been done, which determined a reduction by half in the price of platinum, for the ore has increased rather. 

One can hardly boast of a further decline before a very great abundance of ore and considerable demands require to deal with at once larger quantities, and your Committee believes that the price of Fr. 15 - 18. an ounce, which is now reduced, making it accessible to many manufacturers. In this respect, MM. Cuoq and Couturier have done a great service to the arts, they would make even more if they could lower their prices.

You, gentlemen, on many occasions, encouraged Mr. Jannety, you constantly applauded his success, and you are always willing to assist his efforts and perseverance in working platinum.


July 16, 1817: Albert Gallatin recommends a Platinum metre manufactured by Fortin for the cost of £ 105.  The Platinum metre received was 125 cm³ (5 mm * 25 mm * 1,000 mm)
at a presumed density of 20.5487 (c.1873: noting the arsenical alloy) a total weight of ~ 2.57 Kgs or 82.58 Ozt. for the French Unit.

July, 1817: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Paris: Mfg) ~ £ 1.2715 (Fr. 30.963) 




March, 1818: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum-Clad Copper (Semi-Mfg) = Fr 2.86 




1817: Bréant of Paris produced a Platinum still of 162-litres weighing 15.5 kg for Cuoq & Couturier's 1816/7, the weight per Litre was 3.076 Troy Ounces; the amount of Litres contained per Troy Ounce was 0.3251 Litres.

France, 1818

By early 1819, Dr. Wollaston heard about Paris-made Platinum retorts but appears confused about the capacity, not weight or the price. 

A 900 Ozt Still was 28 Kgs. At that point in time, perhaps for 20 years after, there is no record of a Platinum Still that size in Paris or London.

A "30 Gallon" still was 144.5 Litres (old Gallons) or 136.4 Litres (30 Imperial Gallons) and by contemporary Paris manufacture should have weighed ~ 13 - 14 Kgs (420 - 445 Ozt.)

March 1817: Cuoq's 15.5 Kg Platinum Still of 162 Litres/~43 gallons, presumably offered for "Fr. 18./Once."

1819: ~"20 Kg." Platinum Still of 200 Litres/~53 gallons, presumably offered for

1818: 15s. ~ Fr. 18.30 = Fr. 18./Once.

1818: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Paris: Bréant's Mfg, Bulk) = Fr 18.30 (USD$ 3.40)

 

See Usselman, PMR 1978, 22; 3 pp.100-106

Feb., 1819. I understand from Mr. Tennant that [platinum] retorts have been made in Paris
of about 30 gallon capacity and weighing about 900 ounces at 15 shillings per ounce (8).

 

1817?: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Paris: Bréant? Semi-Mfg?) = Fr 18.30

Citation: Handbuch der populären Chemie; Ferdinand Wurzer (1818) p.112

1818: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Paris: Jannetty, Semi-Mfg?) = Fr 18.30 (USD$ 3.40)

Citation: Johann C. Leuchs, Allgemeines Waaren-Lexicon; oder vollständige Waarenkunde: ..., Vol. 2 (1826) p.113



Perhaps dated reference.

Citation: Kunst- und Gewerbeblatt des Polytechnischen Vereins ..., Vol. 5 ;Polytechnischer Verein für das Königreich Bayern (May 1819)

1817: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Paris: Bréant's Semi-Mfg, Bulk) = Fr 15.25

1819?: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Paris: Bréant's Mfg, Bulk) = Fr 18.30

Citation: Dictionnaire de l'artillerie; H. Cotty (1822) p.337

Then Colonel (Gaspard-Hermann) Cotty (1822), later Baron General

1818: Suspect republication (c. 1812?) or Retail rate

Specifically referencing "chemical apparatus and skilled artisan products" :

Now an Once of worked Platinum costs only Fr. 24 and in London, it costs for worse, less.

1818?: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Paris: Jeanetty's Mfg, Retail) = Fr 24.40 (USD$ 4.54)

Citation: Handwörterbuch der allgemeinen Chemie: M - R Johann Friedrich John (1818) p.228

 

Where the Poid de Marc (16 Onces) =15.7378 - 15.7425 English Troy Ounces (15.74 Ozt)

and the Spanish Libra 2 Marc = 14.8208 English Troy Ounces

1 P.d.M. (@ Fr 4./Once) = Fr 64. ; (@ Fr 5./Once) = Fr. 80.

1 Livre P.d.M. (@ Fr 4./Once) = Fr 128. ; (@ Fr 5./Once) = Fr. 160.

1 Spanish Libra, @ Fr 4./Once = Fr 60.20, @ Fr 5./Once = Fr. 75.25

1 Pound Avoirdupois, @ Fr 4./Once = Fr 59.31, @ Fr 5./Once = Fr. 74.13

1 Kilogram @ Fr 4./Once = Fr 130.75, @ Fr 5./Once = Fr 163.43

In S$ @ Fr 4./Once, 1 Libra = S$ 12., 1 Troy Pound = S$11.86, 1 kg = S$ 26.15

In S$ @ Fr 5./Once, 1 Libra = S$ 15., 1 Troy Pound = S$14.83, 1 kg = S$ 32.69 

c.1814/7?: 1 Ozt. platina (Paris: whols.?) = Fr 4.06 - 5.08 (USD$ 0.76 -0.93)

1817: 1 Ozt. platina (USA: Vaughan of Phila.) = Fr 2.21 ($ 0.4114; £ 0.1082)

Citation: Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts..., Vol. 26;  Jacques Eustache de Sève (1818) p.583
 




Citation: Minéralogie appliquée aux arts: ou, Histoire des minéraux qui sont ..., Vol. 1 ; Cyprien Prosper Brard (1821) p.633

1819:

Although Wollaston could not obtain platinum, his competitors in the platinum vessel business, the French, had ample supplies, for about 1819, Jean Bréant, assayer of the Paris mint, was given permission by the Spanish Government to process the nearly 30,000 ounces of crude platinum held by Spain since late in the eighteenth century (7).

In Germany, the platina price had started rising by late 1818; Paris Platinum had likewise advanced ~25% from the low (c.1814-1816.)

By 1815-19, there was some (limited?) Platinum refining in both Berlin and Wien.

1816: 1 Ozt. Platinum (refined) = Fr 14.22 (USD$ 3.07)

1817: 1 Ozt. Platinum (refined) ~ Fr 15.24 (USD$ 2.84)

1818: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Paris: Mfg) = Fr 18.29 (USD$ 3.42)

March, 1819:
"However, since the current stock of the metal has been reduced by ever increasing use, so the price of the crude metal starts to rise."

1818/9:
Citation: Bayerisches Industrie- und Gewerbeblatt; Polytechnischer Verein in München (1819) p.264


c.1818, possibly dated (refined) Platinum Price

Citation: Handbuch der populären Chemie: zum gebrauch bei vorlesungen... ; Ferdinand Wurzer (1820) p.112

A discussion of Platinum presented at the 1819 Exposition, where ore price seems dated and exceeding low.

Recognition for Bréant's extraordinarily efficient Platinum Still (March, 1818):

1818/24?: vague price, intermediate to Au/Ag

"Whether it is rarely the same as the yellow gold, it is still a little lower in price, but it is dearer than silver."

Possibly dated materials (circa 1818)!

In a Supplement, presumably au courant: these are low prices (wholesale.) Here, the Platinum Price is nearly double that of Silver: almost certainly a LOW for the refined metal.

In 1831, France imported about 3,215 Troy Ounces and exported about 1,900 Troy Ounces, equivalent to about three (3) sulphuric acid boilers. 

Of Platinum basins, total estimated weight 3 Ozt
"2 Onces" = 60 cc. (Est. 2.11 Imperial Ounces) is ~1.1 Ozt/ 34.2 g. Platinumware
"4 Onces" = 120 cc. (Est. 4.22 Imperial Ounces) is ~1.9 Ozt or 59.29 g. Platinumware


c.1831?: 1 Ozt Platinum (Manufactured) = Fr 36 (USD$ )

c.1831: 1 Ozt. Platinum (manufactured) = Fr 17.72 (USD$ 3.39)

c.1831: 1 Ozt. Platinum (refined, unmfg) = Fr 18.32 (USD$ 3.50)
c.1831: 1 Ozt. Silver (refined, unmfg) = Fr 7.26 (USD$ 1.41)

c.1831: 1 Ozt. Platinum (refined) = Fr 15.- 18. (USD$ 2.88 - 3.45)

Citation: Supplément au dictionnaire de l'artillerie, Hermann Cotty (1832), p.335-6

Citation: Manuel de l'armurier, du fourbisseur et de l'arquebusier: ou Traité complet ... A. Paulin-Désormeaux (1832) p.200

 
c.1817/8?: Labor/PM Materials in French Jewelry Production

Russia: Rouble Value 1816-1830

1812-18:



1816:



1816-18:

1817:


c.1817:


c.1817:


1818:

1818:

c.1818, in Pence Sterling


1818:



1818?


1817/8?

1817-19: Export of Gold & Silver depleted Russia



1819:

1819:




c.1819?:

c.1820






1820: US estimations on 4 bourse, averaged:




1820:


1820:



Rouble in fine Silver:

1820:


1820:


1805, 1817 & 1821:


1822:

1822/3: 9.5-10.5 Pence







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1822-4: Gold in Paper (?)Roubles


1822-4?


c.1824:


1824:

1825:

c.1826 ?:

c.1827?

Odessa:

1827:

1827?

c.1827:

1828:

1828:

1829:

c.1828/9:

1829:

c. 1830:

c. 1830/1:

c.1830:

1830/1:

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