c.1904: 1 Troy Ounce platina = £ 1.00
c.1904: 1 Troy Oz. Pt = £ 1.20
Citation: Report of the Director of the Mint Upon the Production of the Precious ...US Bureau of the Mint (1905) p.215
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Showing posts with label 1904. Show all posts
September 26, 2012
Colombia, 1904
In 1904, Colombia produced 95,513 ozt Fine Au and 9,625 ozt Pt; Platinum was just 10.08% of the Gold Yield. At an assumed value of ~£ 10,000, rather low
c.1904: 1 Troy Ounce platina = £ 1.00
c.1904: 1 Troy Oz. Pt = £ 1.20
Citation: Report of the Director of the Mint Upon the Production of the Precious ...US Bureau of the Mint (1905) p.215
c.1904: 1 Troy Ounce platina = £ 1.00
c.1904: 1 Troy Oz. Pt = £ 1.20
Citation: Report of the Director of the Mint Upon the Production of the Precious ...US Bureau of the Mint (1905) p.215
August 22, 2011
Russia, 1901
1901: 1 Troy Ounce platina (St. Petersburg Spot) = 27.42 руб (USD$ 14.12)
Platinum miners salary, 1901:
Citation: Archives des sciences physiques et naturelles, Vol. 15, 1903 p.
Working the placers in 1901, Alexandre Grine "Sur Terre et Sur Mer" (p.132-3) reported the same daily wage (руб 1.20) also that miners were paid руб 3.50 per Zolotnik for platina and руб 5./Zolotnik for Gold ore. Anecdotally, he had heard of contraband prices руб 6.-7./Zolotnik (for Gold? so, ~руб 4.25 - 4.75 руб/Zolotnik for platina)
1901: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Uralian Spot) = 25.52 руб (USD$ 13.14)
1901: 1 Troy Oz. Gold ore (Uralian Spot) = 36.46 руб (USD$ 18.78)
1901: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Contraband) ~ 30.50 - 35.75 руб (USD$ 15.77 - 18.40)
1901: 1 Troy Oz. Gold ore (Contraband) = 43.75 -51. руб (USD$ 22.53 - 26.29)
c.1901: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Ural Spot) = Fr 37.33 - 46.66 (USD$ 7.25 - 9.06)
Citation: Le Naturaliste: revue illustrée des sciences naturelles ; Émile Deyrolle, Paul Groult (1902) p.42
June 4, 2011
France, 1904
Suspect US prices
1904: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum = Fr 99.53 - 107.31
Citation: Revue de métallurgie, Vol. 4 (1907) p.347
1904: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Ore, 83%)= Fr 71.54 - 77.76 (USD$ 13.86 - 15.07)
1904: 1 Troy Oz. Pt (Ru Ore, .999) = Fr 86.19 - 93.69 (USD$ 16.70 - 18.16)
1904: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum = Fr 87.09 - 96.42 (USD$ 16.88 - 18.68)
Citation: Bulletin de statistique et de législation comparée, Vol. 28, # 2. Ministère de l'économie et des finances (1904) p.646
Citation: Angewandte Chemie: Vol. 21 - Page 2597
1904: 1 Troy Ounce Palladium (Market) = Fr 155.50 (USD$ 30.37)
Citation: La Force motrice de demain: Les piles à gaz et les accumulateurs légers; A. Berthier (1905) p.12
1903/4: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum Chloride (PtCl2, Retail) = Fr 15.55 (USD$ 3.04)
July 27, 2010
USA, 1904: Catalogue w/o Prices (Bausch & Lomb)
Platinum crucible prices in 1905 were cited as the highest in recent years, @$25./oz. It's likely the price charged per ounce, here.
1902: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (ingot, 85%, market) = USD$ 19.
1903: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (ingot, 85%, market) = USD$ 19.
1904:
1904: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (semi-refined, whols) = USD$ 18.50
1904: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Russian ore, Spot) = USD$ 15.09
Citation: Bulletin of the Pan American Union, Vol. 45 (1917) p.618
July 12, 2010
USA, 1903: St. Louis Catalogue (Heil Co.)
The Heil Catalogue of 1903/4 identifies weight-volume ratios and 'manufacturing cost' for many refined Platinum products.
Unless wages were suddenly rising or technology improving, this estimation for the 'manufacturing cost' likely informs other proximate years.
"Supposing the list price to be $1.25 per gram" in 1903/4, the unmanufactured Platinum price is USD$ 38.88. (The prices of ordinary, unrefined ingot fell to $18.50 for all 1904. Ingot platina did not reach $38./oz. until 1906/7, briefly. Obviously, NY ingot price was neither "list" nor "market price" in catalogues.)
September, 1903: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (ingot, 85%, market) = USD$ 19.
Sept. 1903/4: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (semi-mfg, retail) = USD$ 34.21 - 38.88
1903/4: 1 Troy Ounce Silver (market) = USD$ 0.5288
1903/4: 1 Troy Ounce Silver (pure, retail) = USD$ 2.18
Unless wages were suddenly rising or technology improving, this estimation for the 'manufacturing cost' likely informs other proximate years.
"Supposing the list price to be $1.25 per gram" in 1903/4, the unmanufactured Platinum price is USD$ 38.88. (The prices of ordinary, unrefined ingot fell to $18.50 for all 1904. Ingot platina did not reach $38./oz. until 1906/7, briefly. Obviously, NY ingot price was neither "list" nor "market price" in catalogues.)
September, 1903: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (ingot, 85%, market) = USD$ 19.
Sept. 1903/4: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (semi-mfg, retail) = USD$ 34.21 - 38.88
1903/4: 1 Troy Ounce Silver (market) = USD$ 0.5288
1903/4: 1 Troy Ounce Silver (pure, retail) = USD$ 2.18
1903/4:
The trade price of allegedly pure Platinum foil fell -13.8% in 1903.
1902: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (semi-mfg, Trade) = USD$ 27.50
1903: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Russian ore, Spot) = USD$ 13.85
1903: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (semi-mfg, Trade) ~ USD$ 23.71
Citation: Dental Forum: an independent journal devoted to the discussion ..., Vols. 1-2 (1903) p.47
Iridio-Platinum used by dentists, c.1906/7
Citation: Mines register: successor to the Mines handbook and the Copper handbook... Ed. Horace Jared Stevens et al. (1904) p.609
1902: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (semi-mfg, Trade) = USD$ 27.50
1903: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Russian ore, Spot) = USD$ 13.85
1903: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (semi-mfg, Trade) ~ USD$ 23.71
Citation: Dental Forum: an independent journal devoted to the discussion ..., Vols. 1-2 (1903) p.47
Iridio-Platinum used by dentists, c.1906/7
Citation: Mines register: successor to the Mines handbook and the Copper handbook... Ed. Horace Jared Stevens et al. (1904) p.609
1901-14: Spot Prices for Russian platina, in Russia
1903: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Russian ore, Spot) = USD$ 13.85
Citation: Bulletin of the Pan American Union, Vol. 45 (1917) p.618
May 16, 2010
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