Russia, 1852

1842 Platina Yield: 124.263 Poud = 4,970.5 Funt = 65,442 Ozt. = 2,035.48 Kgs

1852 Platina Yield: 16.566 Poud = 662.625 Funt = 8,724.2 Ozt. = 271.353 Kgs
 
 

At the assumed par (Fr. 4 = 1 руб Ag)

1850: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum Scrap (SPb: Semi-Refined, .97 Pt) = 7 руб 

c. 1845-1850:

Germany, 1852: Eduard Gressler Catalogue

1852, Eduard Gressler = Eduard Greßler of Erfurt (Thüringen, Prussia: Berlin Weights)

April, 1851: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Mkt) = Thlr. 9.26 ($ 5.55)

1851: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Saxony: Semi-Mfg, Retail) = Thlr. 14.36 ($ 8.61)

1852: 1 Ozt. platina (Erfurt: Ore, Ret.) = Thlr. 10.64/ Fl. 15.96 ($ 7.61)
1852: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Erfurt: Foil, Ret.) = Thlr 11.70/ Fl. 17.56 ($ 8.36)
1852: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Fine Foil, Ret.) = Thlr 13.30/ Fl. 19.96 ($ 9.50)

1852: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Wire, Ret.) = Thlr 11.70/ Fl. 17.56 ($ 8.36)
1852: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Fine Wire, Ret.) = Thlr 12.77/ Fl. 19.15 ($ 9.13)
1852: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Ultra Fine Wire) = Thlr 15.96/ Fl. 23.94 (USD$ 11.41)

1852: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Ger: Mfg @ Thlr. 6.50./Loth, Ret.) = Thlr 13.83 ($ 9.88)

1852: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Ger: Mfg, Crucible) = Thlr 12.50 (USD$ 8.94)


See Erfurt Weights. The Erfurt Commercial Pfund (16 Unzen, 32 Loth) weighed 0.467 Kilogram, or 15.04 English Troy Ounces,  1 Loth = 14.616 g or ~0.47 Troy Ounce.

The Nuremburg Pfund weighed 0.358038089 Kilogram  or 11.51 English Troy Ounces, but in practice, not divisible by Loth. 

Where 1 Liter (1,000 cc) = 61.028 Cubic Inches and 35.195 Imperial/UK Fluid Ounces and 33.814 US Fluid Ounces; where the English Pint ('Wine Measure') is 28.875 Cubic Inches (0.4732 Liter, 473.1765 cc), 31.1035 cc contains 1.095 UK Fluid Oz. /1.052 US Fluid Oz.

For Foil or Sheet (unknown thickness;weight) ~ Thlr 0.36 (USD$ 0.26) per sq. in.
2 quadzollen = 1.858 English Square Inches = Thlr 0.67 (USD$ 0.48)
8 quadzollen =  7.432 Eng. Square Inches = Thlr 2.67 (USD$ 1.91)
18 quadzollen =  16.722 Eng. Square Inches = Thlr 6.0 (USD$ 4.29)

The cubic ounce (dry capacity, or content/volume) is presumably the same water volume; therefore weights of 'same size' manufactured Platinum containers should be similar.

This approximates the same 1838 German price for Döbereiner's cited laboratory crucible costs.  Compare other crucible weight/volume and contemporary British crucibles for approximations.

1 Unze Volume, Crucible w/ cover ~ 25 g. or 385 grains = 0.80 Troy Ounce
2 Unzen Volume, Crucible w/ cover ~ 50 g. ... = 1.608 Troy Ounce
3 Unzen Volume, Crucible w/ cover ~ 70 g. ... = 2.251 Troy Ounce
4 Unzen Volume, Crucible w/ cover ~ 95 g. ... = 3.05 Troy Ounce

1 Unze Inhalt: Lid cost Thlr 2. or 25% extra.

Evaporating basin @ Thlr 8./ per Unze (volume)

Crucible w/ cover @ Thlr 10./ per Unze (volume) 

Citation: Preis-Courant von Eduard Gressler zur Erfurt (1852) pp.

Schmelztiegel mit Deckel, Inhalt = crucible w/ cover @ Thlr 10./ per Unze (volume)

By Volume, a 'Crucible with Cover' containing 29.2 Grams cost Thlr. 10.; theoretically, 
a 'Crucible w/Cover' containing 30 Grams {Metric} should cost Thlr 10.27, 60 Grams @ Thlr. 20.55, 90 Grams @ Thlr. 30.82, 120 Grams @ Thlr. 41.10, etc. 

Assuming an approximate thickness & form, the difference between covered crucible & dish is the COVER- and handle-weight (accounting for extra labor.)

Abdampfschaalen = evaporating basin @ Thlr 8./ per Unze (volume)


By Volume, a 'Basin' containing 29.2 Grams cost Thlr. 8.; theoretically, 
a 'Crucible with Cover' containing 30 Grams {Metric} cost Thlr.8.22, 

Thlr. 12.33, Thlr 16.44, Thlr. 20.55 ... 

1852: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Ger: Mfg 21.81 Gr; Ret.) = Thlr 11.41 (USD$ 7.87)
1852: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Ger: Mfg 57.74 Gr; Ret.) = Thlr 10.77 (USD$ 7.43)







Grove's Battery: Small 4.5 Thlr (USD$ 3.57; Large 9 Thlr (USD$ 7.14), apparently more expensive than US batteries (see Wightman, 1853.)

Terminology/translation:

 

Colombia, 1852

Visit(s) in January 1852; 1860?  Tumbaga assumed to be 70% - 80% Gold, in natural Copper/Silver alloy; the Spot premium for archaeological Gold was about 5% over Intrinsic.

Colombian Gold was 11% higher in Panama than coastal Colombia; 25% higher than the inland Spot Price.

1852: 1 Troy Ounce Gold Alloy Pre-Colombian Artifact (.800 Au) = S$ 15.15
1852: 1 Ozt Gold Pre-Colombian Artifact Alloy  (.700 Au) = S$ 12.98
1852: 1 Ozt Gold Artifact Alloy, Intrinsic (.999 Au) = S$ 18.55 - 18.93 
1852: 1 Ozt Gold Ore, Intrinsic (.999 Au) = S$ 18.06

Citation: Amérique équatoriale; Jules Henri Onffroy de Thoron(1866)



1850: Population in Quibdo: 1,500 ; ~1,000 Blacks

Merchants received Gold-dust at discounted terms by trade arbitrage; cheap goods and usurious credit.  In this way, the local Spot price appears very high whereas Gold and platina accumulated as a monetary commodity sold in bulk to dealers on the cost at much lower terms.

Citation: Rough notes on an exploration for an inter-oceanic canal route ... ; John Cresson Trautwine (1854) p.37




Platina primarily found at San Pablo, Nóvita and Lloró.


Platina from San Pablo went to Cartagena



San Pablo: Prices of foodstuffs


Quibdo: Flour


Citation: Final Report of the Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire Into the Recent Changes in the Relative Values of the Precious Metals etc. (1888) UK

France, 1852: Exposition of 1851

If 1 Kilogram cost Fr 880, 1 Once would cost ~Fr. 26.95

1851: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (SPb Scrap in Paris?) ~ Fr 27.374 (~USD$ 5.297)

Footnote in Malaguti's textbook; dated 1852?

Citation: Lecons élémentaires de chimie, Vol. 1  Faustino Giovita Mariano Malaguti, 1852, p.728



c.1845-51: 1 Ozt. Platinum (SPb: Russian Scrap) = Fr 28.
c.1845-51: 1 Ozt. Pt (Paris: Ru Scrap, .999) = Fr 28.86

c.1845-54: 1 Ozt. Pt (Deville: Refining Cost) ~ Fr 7.76 
c.1845-54: 1 Ozt. Pt (Paris: Ru Scrap, .999) = Fr 36.64 

c.1845-51: 1 Ozt. Pt (Paris: Est. Labor) ~ Fr 1.244
c.1845-54: 1 Ozt. Pt (Paris: Ru Scrap, .999) ~ Fr 30.10

 
1851/2?: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mfg, Intrinsic?) = Fr 37.3242 (~USD$ 7.22)



Citation: Exposition universelle de 1851: Travaux de la Commission française sur ... Charles Dupin (baron) 

1851/2: 1 Ozt. platina (ore) = Fr 31.10
1851/2: 1 Ozt. Gold (ore) = Fr 108.86 - 155.52






Where the quintal metrique/centner is 100 Kg., or 267.92 Troy Pounds, in 1851 there were 2,300 Kg or 73,947 English Troy Ounces of Platinum produced.

c.1851: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (refined) = Fr 37.324 (~$ 7.22)
c.1851: 1 Troy Ounce Gold (refined) = Fr 108.86 (~$ 21.06)

Citation: Dictionnaire des arts et manufactures, de l'agriculture, des mines ...  By Lefebvre Laboulaye (1853)

Where 1 Liter (1,000 cc) = 61.028 Cubic Inches and 35.195 Imperial Fluid Ounces and 33.814 US Fluid Ounces; where the English Pint ('Wine Measure') is 28.875 Cubic Inches (0.4732 Liter, 473.1765 cc), the Quennessen alembic contained 142 Liters.

Deleuil's Balance



Platinum was understood to be 1/3rd the commercial value of Gold:

UK, 1852

August, 1852: 
A Grove's Battery cost £ 0.60, 10 Batteries cost £ 6.0; in 1839, the cost was £ 0.70 per. 
 
August 1852: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Semi-Mfg, Retail) = £ 2.00 (USD$ 9.70)
August 1852: 1 Ozt. Platinized Silver (Semi-Mfg, Ret.) = £ 0.50
   
Citation: A Manual of Electro-metallurgy: Including the Applications of the Art...; James Robert Napier 


 

Citation: Gold-mining and assaying: a scientific guide for Australian emigrants; John Arthur Phillips (1852) p.11 Griffin Catalogue

 
Where 1 Imperial Fluid Ounce ~  28 cc, and at estimated weight of ~35 Grams:

1852: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Manufactured, Whols.) ~ £ 1.56 (USD$ 7.82)
1852: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mfg, Mkt.) ~ USD$ 15.

1852: "Griffith's Circ 2143" cited, the vendor is Griffin.

Citation: Minutes of the Committee of Council on Education, with appendices, Vol. 1 ; Committee on Education

2.5 shillings here, for unspecified amount in all cases








Chlorplatinate solution, 5s./oz










Griffin's Circular price is among the lowest for manufactures.

Citation: Gold-mining and assaying: a scientific guide for Australian emigrants, (1852) p.171

Iridosmine double the price of Gold, presumably, Best Ore estimate.

1852: 1 Ozt. Gold (Mkt: Canadian ore) = £ 3.525
1852: 1 Ozt. Iridosmine (Mkt: Canadian ore) ~ £ 7.
 
Report from May 1852: