France, 1886

Factoring forex, the Russian ore price rose about 8.5% in October 1886.

1886: 1 Ozt Platinum (Germany: Mkt.) = Fr. 34.43 (ℳ 27.993)
1886: 1 Ozt Platinum (Germany: Mfg.) = Fr. 39.63 (ℳ 32.3476)

1886: 1 Ozt. US Platinum (US Refined) Fr. 36.14 - 36.26 (~ $ 7.)
1886: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (NY: Semi-Mfg, Wire) ~ Fr. 40. ($ 7.75)

c. 1886/7: 1 Ozt. Platinum (UK: Mfg, Ret.) = Fr. 49 (~ £ 1.94)

1886: 1 Ozt platina (SPb: 82% Ore, Mkt) ~ Fr 19.45 (7.975 руб) 
1886: 1 Ozt. Pt (SPb: 82% Ore, .999) ~ Fr 23.72 (9.726 руб) 
October, 1886: 1 Ozt. platina (SPb: Ore, Mkt) = Fr. 21.10 (8.924 руб) 
October, 1886: 1 Ozt. Pt (SPb: 82% Ore, .999) = Fr. 25.74 (10.884 руб)


1886: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt) = Fr. 40.43

Citation: La Lumiére électrique, Vol. 42 (1891) p.165
 


Draughting or outline of, traced in metal (Finishing or research cost)
 


 

Draughing or outline of, traced in metal (Finishing or research cost) 

Meter Standards, Types I and II: unknown weight.  Assuming the 1801 weight differential between meter and kilogram standards delivered to be the same, the meter should weight 2.24 kgs (71.92 Ozt) 

1886: 1 Ozt. Iridio-Platinum Alloy (Imported: UK, Mfg w/ tariff) = Fr. 89.32
1886: 1 Ozt. Iridio-Platinum Alloy (UK: Mfg) = Fr. 87.91
 

Meter Standard, Type III, Tresca Form: ~3.5 Kgs, plus "various samples" (unknown weight)


Kilogram Standard: 2 Kgs, plus Metrical Weight Set (S. Oe and S. O: unknown weights)
 
 

France, 1887

1886: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt) = Fr. 40.43


October, 1886: 1 Ozt. platina (SPb: Ore, Mkt) = Fr. 21.10 (8.924 руб)   
October, 1886: 1 Ozt. Pt (SPb: 82% Ore, .999) = Fr. 25.74 (10.884 руб) 

1887: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Ekat.: Cost ~74.8%) = Fr. 8.80 (USD$ 1.675)
1887: 1 Ozt. platina (Ekat.: Spot ~74.8%) = Fr. 20.09 (USD$ 3.824)

1887: 1 Ozt. Pt (Ekat.: Spot, .999 Pt) = Fr. 26.86 (USD$ 5.11)
1887: 1 Ozt. Platinum (SPb: Mkt) ~ Fr. 31.31 - 34.12 (14.25 руб; USD$ 8.29)

1887: 1 Ozt. Platinum (NY: Import, Semi-Mfg.) = Fr. 40.90 (USD$ 7.7840)
1887: 1 Ozt. Platinum (NYC: Import, Semi-Mfg./Wire) = Fr. 40.99 (USD$ 7.80)
1887: 1 Ozt. Platinum (London: Semi-Mfg, Trade) = Fr. 43.75 (~ £ 1.75)  


In 1860/1, a 21 gr Platinum capsule cost Fr. 30.60 (Fr. 35.32/Ozt.) In June 1887 (perhaps 1882!) a 21 gr Platinum capsule cost Fr. 59.25/Ozt.  Assuming the labor Fr. 8.50 (+Fr 1. or nearly 16.50% over the 1860 Labor Cost), Platinum should have been Fr. 1.50/g.

1887?: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Semi-Mfg, Retail)  = Fr  46.66 (USD$ 8.88)
1887?: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mfg, Retail)  ~ Fr 56.15 (USD$ 10.69) 

1887: 1 Ozt. Platinum (USA: Mfg., NYC Trade) ~ Fr. 50.45 - 60. (USD$ 9.60 - 12.00)

Citation: Notice sur les instruments de précision construits par J. Salleron, Vol. 2, J. Salleron 1861, pp.143-4








October 1887: Prototypes - Additional Expense, Fr 16,341

Prototypes (meters and kilograms) are drawn Iridio-Platinum. The metal is provided by the firm Johnson, Matthey and Co. of London, which alone, it seems, can provide the necessary amount of Platinum. The instruments are completed by the French Section, which delivers them to the international office, located at the Pavilion de Breteuil. After the necessary tests, the office receives them permanently, from any location.  To date, foreign states have requested 40 kilogram weights and 30 rulers. The 40 kgs are nearly complete. The 30 rulers were delivered to the French section, which continues completion. It is estimated that required prototypes shall be distributed in 1888; so it is at this time that the price will be refunded to the French Government, which governs all expenses.  The appropriation is justified and your commission proposes adoption.



Scrap was accepted at Fr 900./Kg. The Kilogramme Standard cost Frcs. 2,150. each; the Metre Standard weighed 3.50 Kgs and cost Fr. 9,500./ea. but sold for Frcs. 9,600.

1873: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Scrap, Credit) = Fr. 27.99
1873-87: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Cost: Mfg, Bulk) = Fr. 66.87
1873-87: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Cost: Mfg, Bulk) = Fr. 84.42
1873-87: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Price: Mfg, Bulk) = Fr. 85.31
1887: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Total Cost, Bulk Mfg) = Fr. 81.73


This work, begun in 1873, did not cease to be continued since but was found delayed by various incidents independent of the willingness of members of the French Section.  Types prepared after laborious operations were not judged acceptable to the Internalional Commission, the work had to be entirely redone; however, it is nearing its end, and the firm of Mathey and Co., with which the Ministry has dealt for making rules and directions to be making masses of meters and kilograms, standards, will shortly have delivered the work in its entirety; additional operations are performed and we can foresee the very next time standards will be presented at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures installed Pavilion Breteuil and responsible for making the final comparisons before final acceptance.

Expenses must be reimbursed by the States to which standards are remitted; but it is the Government of the Republic shall make advance. Already, extraordinary appropriations were for this purpose, at various times, the Ministry of Trade; it is necessary that his administration soon be able to pay the new accounts that will be provided by different suppliers, and it is essential to ask for a date, for this purpose, the budget for the 1887 financial year the opening an extraordinary credit 1. Messrs. Mathey and Co have a supply 30 meters in Iridio-Platinum, each weighing on average 3.500 kgs; metal prices have been fixed by them at past market price, at Fr. 2,000/kg., the expenditure on this account amounted to Frcs. 210,000.

In addition, it is due to them for the manufacture, rightly, Frcs. 2,500 each ruler = Frcs. 75,000 
They also delivered 40 kilograms worth at Frcs. 2,000, each = Frcs. 80,000 
The manufacture is set at Frcs. 150 per kilogram, or = Frcs. 6,000 
Finally, it is appropriate to take account of their waste, which can be evaluated = Frcs. 4,000. 
To ensure uniform composition of the alloy, samples were provided on various occasions, analyzed in Paris, by Mr. Debray of the Institute, and in Brussels by Mr. Stas; it must be allocated for the metal and used a fixed sum of = Frcs. 6,000





Suspect translation from the German, with forex errors?

1887: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Cost: Mfg, Bulk) = Fr. 40.43



Hasenclever's Table, Rhineland price?

Citation: Die Chemische Industrie, 1892 Vol. 15 (1892) p.70



1888: 1 Troy Oz Platinum (Bav.: Alloy; Bulk) = Fr. 40.3438 (ℳ 32.845)

France, 1872: PGMs (Paris Catalogue: Billaut, Billaudot & Cie Successeurs)

1872:
Platinum Scrap (Bid), Fr. 600./Kg. 
Platinum Producer Spot, Fr. 775./Kg.
Platinum Still, Fr. 825./Kg.
Platinum Intrinsic Retail, Fr. 1,100./Kg. 
Platinum Sheet Retail, Fr. 1,250./Kg. 
Platinum Mfg Retail, Fr. 1,350./Kg.
Platinum Mfg Specialty, Fr. 1,500./Kg.

Late 1872:
Platinum Scrap (Bid), Fr. 700./Kg. 
Platinum Producer Spot, Fr. 875./Kg.
Platinum Still, Fr. 925./Kg.
Platinum Intrinsic Retail, Fr. 1,200./Kg. 
Platinum Sheet Retail, Fr. 1,350./Kg. 
Platinum Mfg Retail, Fr. 1,450./Kg.
Platinum Mfg Specialty, Fr. 1,600./Kg.

  
c.1871/2: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum = Fr 21.77 (USD$ 4.73)
 
Wholesale bulk price, reported c.1874?:


c. March 1872: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Refined, Bulk) = Fr 21.77 (USD$ 4.73)
c.March 1872: 1 Troy Oz. Iridium (Refined, Bulk) = Fr 31.103 (USD$ 6.76)
 
c.1872: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mfg, Specialty) = Fr  (USD$ )

Where the Pt-Ir alloy for the Kilogram @ Fr. 730 (intrinsic) and Fr 1,500 manufactured

c. March 1872: 1 Troy Oz. Pt-Ir Alloy (90/10, Intrinsic) = Fr 22.71 (USD$ )
c. March 1872: 1 Troy Oz. Pt-Ir Alloy (Mfg: 90/10 Product) = Fr 46.655 (USD$ )
c. March 1872: 1 Troy Oz. Pt-Ir Labor (Mfg Cost) = Fr 23.95 (USD$ )

Where the Meter was also 90:10 assuming the same labor, @ Fr 4,000. manufactured, should have weighed 2.67 Kilograms (85.74 Ozt.)
 
c. March-December? 1872:

 

Estimated Price, December 1872:



Where 1 Kilogram 90/10 Pt-Ir alloy had an intrinsic cost of Fr 955.
 
1872: 1 Troy Oz. Pt-Ir Alloy (90/10, Intrinsic) = Fr 29.704 (USD$ )

Citation: La nature: revue des sciences et de leurs applications..., Vol 2, No. 51 (5/23/1874) p.398



Citation: Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, Part 1; 1/23/1873


German source.  
Early 1872: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Paris: Mfg, bulk) Fr 23.33 ($4.49; USD$ 5.07) 




Suspect intrinsic versus manufacturered.

Fifteen years ago, the price of these apparatuses was Fr. 1,200. per kilogr. Platinum and is now decreased to about Fr. 750. per kilogr.

Citation: Jahresbericht uber die Fortschritte der chemischen Technologie..., Vol. 18 (1873)  p.242


Wholesale price, reported c. 1878:


1871: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Paris: Mfg, bulk) Fr 23.33 (USD$ )  
August 1872: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Paris: Mfg, bulk) Fr 25.66 (USD$ 5.58)
1873: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Paris: Mfg, bulk) Fr 32.66 ($ 6.16; USD$ 7.2353)

Citation: Le Moniteur scientifique du Doctor Quesneville: Journal ..., Vol. 39-40 G. A. Quesneville, p.664


1873: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Scrap, Bid) = Fr 25.15 ($ 4.83; USD$ 5.58)


Citation: Bulletin de la Société chimique de Paris, Vol. 18 ; Société chimique de Paris (1872) pp.



1872: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum-Black (Residue) = Fr 62.21 (USD$ 11.88)
Citation: Bulletin de la Société chimique de Paris, Vol. 18 ; Société chimique de Paris (1872) pp. 



c. April 1872: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Paris: Semi-mfg, Ret.) = Fr 35.77 
.... (USD$ )



Citation: Bulletin de la Société chimique de Paris, Vol. 18 ; Société chimique de Paris (1872) pp.


October 1872: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Paris: Semi-mfg, Ret.) = Fr 38.88
.... (USD$ 7.42)



October 1872: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Paris: Crucible, Intrinsic) = Fr 34.21
.... (USD$ 6.53)
October 1872: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Paris: Crucible @ Fr. 1.35/Gr) = Fr 42.
.... (USD$ 8.02)
October 1872: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Paris: Labor) = Fr 7.77
.... (USD$ 1.48)

October 1872: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Paris: Spoon, Ret.) = Fr 42.41 - 77.76
.... (USD$ 8.10 - 14.85)




??




French Weights: Fr. 25. (USD$ 4.77)





1872: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (Refined) = Fr 186.60 (USD$ 35.63)
1872: 1 Troy Oz. Rhodium (Refined) = Fr 217.72 (USD$ 41.57)
1872: 1 Troy Oz. Osmium (Refined) = Fr 279.93 (USD$ 53.45)
1872: 1 Troy Oz. Iridosmine (Ore) = Fr 46.66 (USD$ 8.91)
1872: 1 Troy Oz. Iridium (Refined) = Fr 217.72 (USD$ 41.57)
1872: 1 Troy Oz. Ruthenium (Refined) = Fr 622.07 (USD$ 118.77)
 
Citation: Bulletin de la Société chimique de Paris, Vol. 18 ; Société chimique de Paris (1872) pp.










1872: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium Nitrate (Chemical: Pd[NO₃]_2, Retail)  = Fr. 124.41
.... USD$ 23.75


1872: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum Chloride (PtCl₂, Ret.) =  Fr 27.99 
.... (USD$ 5.34) 
1872: 1 Troy Oz. Ammonium Chloroplatinate ([NH₄]₂[PtCl₆], Ret.) =  Fr 26.44 .... (USD$ 5.05)
1872: 1 Troy Oz. Potassium tetrachloroplatinate (K₂PtCl₄, Ret.) =  Fr 26.44 
 .... (USD$ 5.05)



1872: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (Refined) = Fr 186.60 - 280. (USD$ 36.60 - 60.82)
1872: 1 Troy Oz. Iridium (Refined) = Fr 217.70 - 249. (USD$ 42.35 - 54.)
1872: 1 Troy Oz. Rhodium (Refined) = Fr 217.70 - 264.35 (USD$ 42.35 - 57.45)
1872: 1 Troy Oz. Osmium (Refined) = Fr 280. - 497.60 (USD$ 54.45 - 108.)
1872: 1 Troy Oz. Ruthenium (Refined) = Fr 622. - 933. (USD$ 121. - 203.)

Ruthenium was 25% more expensive in 1878. US Platinum Prices in 1872 were ~50% higher.

Librarie Hachette prices are retail for August.

Aug. 1872: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Paris: Semi-mfg, Ret.) = Fr 37.32 (USD$ 7.13)
Aug. 1872: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Paris: Semi-mfg, Ret.) = Fr 37.32 (USD$ 7.13)

Citation: Catalogue du Matériel Scientifique / Table Alphabétique des Subdivisions De Ce Catalogue; Librairie Hachette et Cie (Paris: 1872)

In 1872, the Platinum cost was 67% in the retail price of a working still. Earlier attempts at coinage and the Russian Platinum-Siver Ratio of 5.2:1 are also mentioned.

Of a Continental refiner (1872): "Palladium, which this firm exhibits, is nearly twice as expensive as platinum in consequence of its only being found in one or two Brazilian gold mines, so that it must be looked upon more as a chemical curiosity than anything else."

It's likely that 1,000 Fr/kg is an average price for a number of years (since 1857?)

1872: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Russian Ingot, Mkt) = Fr 31.10 (USD$ 5.93)

1872: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Mfg) = Fr 53.73 (USD$ 10.33)

1872: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (Mkt) ~ Fr 62 (USD$ 12.)

Citation: Le Moniteur scientifique, Vol. 14 G. A. Quesneville (1872) p.1005

A different Platinum price for 1862, perhaps a Low price c.1872 not fully specified by contemporaries.

1871/2: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (producer, bulk unmfg.) = Fr 22.79 (USD$ 4.40)