Russia, 1889

1889: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (SPb mkt) = 13.8613 руб Kr.

1889: Pt Yield = 160.9 Poud = 6,436 Funt = 84,740 Ozt.= 2,636 Kgs. 

Citation: Archives des sciences physiques et naturelles, Vol. 15 1903

1889? or earlier

Germany, 1890

1890: 1 Troy Ounce Gold (Mkt, Ingot) = ℳ 86.63
1890: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Manufactured) = ℳ 61.28

January, 1890: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Refined) = ℳ 46.66
June, 1890: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Refined) = ℳ 59.10
September, 1890: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Refined) = ℳ 71.54
October, 1890: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Refined) = ℳ 68.43
November, 1890: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Refined) = ℳ 65.32



Manufactured, bulk Platinum prices in German Marks, 1869-92:

UK, 1889

1889: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Export to USA: Semi-mfg.) = £ 1.50 (USD$ 6.67)




c.1888/9


Mid 1889 price quote, London-refined Platinum, unmanfactured:

?1889: 1 Ozt. Platinum (London: Semi-Mfg, Mkt) = £ 1.50 (USD$ 7.32)


Assuming 5% Shipping and £ 0.0625 Refining Cost, 

1889: 1 Ozt. platina (UK: NSW.769, Est. Ref.) = £  (USD$ ) 

Citation: Annual Report; New South Wales. Dept. of Mines 6/25/1891





Citation: Annual Report; New South Wales. Dept. of Mines (1891) p.276




c.1889: 1 Troy Oz. platina (ore?, whols.) ~ £ 1.13 (USD$ 5.)

Citation: The Bankers', Insurance Managers' and Agents' Magazine, Vol. 53, p.903

Russia, 1889: Cornered Market in St. Petersbourg

Citation:  La Russie industrielle: étude sur lÉxposition de Nijni-Novgorod; Maurice Verstraete (1897) p.81

Sources TBE : By Year

1838: E. Palmer's "New catalogue of chemical and philosophical apparatus" > http://webopac.slub-dresden.de/libero/WebOpac.cls?VERSION=2&ACTION=DISPLAY&RSN=823088&DATA=SLU&TOKEN=sWwS8brzF17642&Z=1&SET=1





1880:

1881:

1882:   

Main Author:     John M. Maris & Co. Philadelphia, PA, US.
Title:     Prices current to druggists of wall, window and shelf furniture, druggists’ and pharmaceutists’ implements and appliances...
Publisher:     Philadelphia : John M. Maris & Co., 1882.
Description:     108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. (HAS INDEX)
Record Number:     30351
Indexed In:     Clearwater B24.  
Location:     Special
Call Number:     Trade Catalog F-271B

Where: The Rakow Library, Corning NY

1883:

1889:
Main Author: John M. Maris & Co., Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Title: Prices current to druggists of wall, window, and shelf furniture...
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : John M. Maris & Co., . 1889.
Description: 128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes: F-394B
Record Number: 53308
Indexed In: Clearwater B0025
Where: The Rakow Library, Corning NY

USA, 1888: Queen's Catalogue (Philadelphia)

1888: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Phila. Mkt: Semi-Mfg, Wire) = USD$ 7.65

1888: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (USA: Semi-mfg, Retail) = USD$ 9. 

What is the price of platinum, such as used in wire, etc. is it used as coin in some countries?  A. $9.00 an ounce. It has been used in Russia for coinage.
 
Citation: Scientific American, Vol.59 No. 16 10/20/1888 p.251



The 18th Edition (n.d.) of Bullock & Crenshaw's Catalogue of Chemical, Physical, and Pharmaceutical Apparatus (c. 1888) lists Platinumware (pp. 120-2) from Joaquim Bishop & Co. at a standard rate $14.40/oz troy. Foil & wire was $12.

1888: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Semi-Mfg, Whols.) = USD$ 12.
1888: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mfg, Whols.) = USD$ 14.40

Elsewhere, recorded prices are slightly higher.

1888: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Semi-Mfg, Whols.) = USD$ 10.89
1888: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mfg, Whols.) = USD$ 12.44 - 23.33

1888: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mfg, Whols.) = USD$ 13.66 - 15.55

1888: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Scrap, Bid) ~USD$ 4.25

1888: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Ore) = USD$ 6.80


Queen's 1888 Catalogue listed a great variety of Platinumware at $12.44-13.06/oz troy "approximate only." Higher priced gauze $15.55 - 23.33/oz.

1888: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Wire, Ret.) = USD$ 8.48 - 11.41
1888: 1 Troy Oz. Platinumware (Mfg, Ret.) = USD$ 13.06
1888: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mfg, Ret.) = USD$ 15.55

The expense accounts of Chemistry Departments show prices paid ; universities were exempt from taxes and tariffs on Platinumware.

1888: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Scrap, Ret./Disc.) = USD$ 9.88
1888: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Semi-mfg, Ret./Disc.) = USD$ 12.34
1888: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (Semi-mfg, Ret./Disc.) = USD$ 124.40

Credit for Platinum taken in?

1888: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Scrap? Bid) = USD$ 7.07
1888: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Scrap? Bid) = USD$ 7.63
 
Citation: The report of the Secretary to the Regents of the University of California (1888-9) p. 86

c. May 1888: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (CA: Scrap, Sold) = USD$ 9.88

Citation: Journal of the Senate and Assembly During the ... Session of the ..., Vol. 2;  California Legislature, Senate () p.167
Citation: The report of the Secretary to the Regents of the University of California (1888-9) p. 209

Citation: The report of the Secretary to the Regents of the University of California (1888-9) pp.





1888: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (CA: Foil?, Sold) = USD$ 12.13











c.June, 1888:
 1888: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (CA: Mfg) = USD$ 13.37
 
Citation: Journal of the Senate and Assembly During the ... Session of the ..., Vol. 2;  California Legislature, Senate () p.167



Where 1 in² = 6.4516 cm² cost USD$ 0.67, 144 in² = 929.03 cm² cost USD$ 96.

Where 1 in² (0.005) weighs 1.8 Grams,

1887/8: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Sheet: Semi-Mfg, Ret.) = USD$ 11.52

Where 1 inch (Gauge 22: 0.66 mm) "Medium Wire" cost USD$ 0.0833, 1 Yard cost $3.00; 1 Meter cost $3.281

1887/8: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Wire: Semi-Mfg, Ret.) = USD$ 13.52

Citation: Mineral resources of the United States, Vol. 5 , US Bureau of Mines, Geological Survey (1888)

Numismatic value of 1831 12-Rouble, citing 1882 sale:







1888: US Metals Production, high-grade slag and low-grade ore






Platinum Chloride was $6.10 oz. (fluid; 10%?)




Platinum needles 75% the price of Gold needles.


1888: impure alloy, mostly Tin.


New York: Platinum Wire, 1883-1898

Citation: Journal of the Franklin Institute, Volume 146 By Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.: 1898) p.210.

USA, 1889: Merck's Catalogue

DSQ 

Prices cited in Engineering and Mining Journal, Vol. 47, presumably avoirdupois.

January, 1889: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Mkt.) = USD$ 8.78
February, 1889: 1 Ozt Platinum (Mkt.) = USD$ 8.91
March-June, 1889: 1 Ozt Platinum (Mkt.) = USD$ 9.60

January, 1889:



February, 1889:


March, 1889:



1889: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Fran.: Wholesale Cost, Bulk) ~ USD$ 5.42 (Fr 27.99)

1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Fran.: Wholesale Cost, Bulk) ~ USD$ 6.62 (Fr 34.21) 


Jan. 1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt) ~USD$ 7.347 (ℳ 31.104)
Feb. 1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt) ~USD$ 7.347 (ℳ 31.104)
Mar. 1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt) ~USD$ 8.081 (ℳ 34.214)
Apr. 1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt) ~USD$ 8.081 (ℳ 34.214)
May 1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt) ~USD$ 8.081 (ℳ 34.214)
Jun. 1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt) ~USD$ 8.081 (ℳ 34.214)
Jul. 1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt) ~USD$ 8.081 (ℳ 34.214)
Aug. 1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt) ~USD$ 7.714 (ℳ 32.66)
Sep. 1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt) ~USD$ 7.714 (ℳ 32.66)
Oct. 1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt) ~USD$ 7.347 (ℳ 31.104)
Nov. 1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt) ~USD$ 7.898 (ℳ 33.436)
Dec. 1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt) ~USD$ 8.816 (ℳ 37.324)

Avg. German Price, 1889:  1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt) = USD$ 7.90 

January, 1889: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Market) = USD$ 8.00
1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt: Semi-Mfg.) = USD$ 8.50
December, 1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Import: Semi-Mfg.) = USD$ 10.00 November, 1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Scrap: Bid) = USD$ 14.00
December, 1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt.) ~ USD$ 14.


Citation: The Manufacturer and Builder, Vol. 23, Ed. Peter Henri V. Weyde, William H. Wahl (1891)
 
 
Report on mineral industries in the United States at the eleventh census, 1890 ;  David Day


Citation: Congressional Edition, Vol. 2775 p.166



Citation: Mineral resources of the United States, Vol. 7 US Geological Survey p.144



January, 1889: Merck's trade prices (in US apothecary grains, not grammes) are extraordinarily high, but the quality control was superior.

Wire & sheet sold at the same price in 1889.

1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Merck's Index; wire/sheet) = USD$ 16.
1889: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (Merck's Index) = USD$ 64.

1889: 1 Troy Oz. Iridium (Merck's Index) = USD$64.

1889: 1 Troy Oz. Osmium (Merck's Index) = USD$ 96.

1889: 1 Troy Oz. Rhodium (Merck's Index) = USD$ 176.

1889: 1 Troy Oz. Ruthenium (Merck's Index) = USD$ 160.

1889: 1 Troy Oz. Silver (Merck's Index) = USD$4.

1889: 1 Troy Oz. Gold (Merck's Index) = USD$ 56.

c.1889: 1 Troy Oz. Osmium (ore?, whols.) = USD$ 35. - 40.

1890:

The original source was a July 1889 journal.  The US and German Platinum Prices in June 1889 are identical.

January, 1888: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (ingot, 85%, mkt) = USD$ 6.
June, 1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (ingot, 85%, mkt) = USD$ 8.

Citation: American journal of dental science, Vol. 23, American Society of Dental Surgeons, Florida Dental Society, Georgia Dental Association, South Carolina Dental Association (1890) p.225



October 1889: September 1889 News, August hike? Error in price rise.

Gideon Sibley Platinum Pins were first advertised c.1879-80. An 80% price hike

1879: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (London, Trade) = $   (£ 1.50)
August, 1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (London, Trade) = $   (£ 2.70)


 
 



c.1889: 6-Roubles weighed 20.7066 Grams, .970 Fine Pt, so the Platinum Rouble was only 18% more valuable than the Silver Rouble, but Dickerman's cites the pre-1886 Russian Silver rate.

c.1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Coined Rouble, Scrap?) = $ 6.91 

Citation: Dickerman's United States Treasury Counterfeit Detector (1890)



George Tieman & Co.'s Catalogue (1889) records Platinum spoons @ USD$ 4. per; Blowpipe w/ platinum point $3.

February, 1889:
Citation: Congressional serial set: Report of the Secretary of the Navy; United States. p.738

1889/90: US tax on foreign Platinum added significantly to the retail cost.

November, 1889: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Scrap: Bid, Barter) = USD$ 14.00




Rhodio-Platinum Wire:
 

New York: Platinum Wire, 1883-1898

Citation: Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 146 Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.: 1898) p.210.
 
French dental "platina" actually a Silver Alloy: 83/17 Ag-Pt to 65/35 Ag-Pt
  

These are industrial or market prices, mid 1889?