Paris, 1824: Palladium Bowl

Described in 1851 a s 1 Kilogram, is was likely 900 Ounces.



Value?

UK, 1917

1917: 1 Troy Ounce Palladium = £ 26.44 (USD$ 125.83)

Citation: Treatise on General and Industrial Inorganic Chemistry;  Ettore Molinari (1920) 

Germany, 1836

 

1835: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Germany: Semi-Mfg) ~Thlr. 11. (USD$ 7.74)
 
Citation: Universal-Lexikon der Handelswissenschaften: enthaltend: die Münz-, Maß- und ... August Schiebe (1838) p. 612


Alloy pins for Artificial Teeth: 40% Pt/ 60% Ag
Alloy springs for Artificial Teeth: 31.25% Pd, 31.25% Ag, 31.25% Cu, 6.25% Fe

Citation: Magazin der neuesten Erfindungen, Entdeckungen und Verbesserungen; Vol. 4 (1837) p.92

 
Where 1 Loth = 14.615 g.,

1836/7: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Germany: Ore?, Retail) = Thlr. 10.64 (USD$ 7.82)
1836/7: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Germany: Intrinsic, Retail) = Thlr. 11.70 (USD$ 8.60)   
1836/7: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Germany: Mfg, Ret.) ~ Thlr. 13.83 (USD$ 10.17)
1836/7: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Hypothetical Import COST, Ger. Mfg, Ret.) ~ USD$ 9.50
 
{Unmanufactured?} platinum now costs Thlr. 5 to 5.5 per Loth; in the apparatus-form, in proportion to the work.  All Platinum apparatus can now be purchased not only in Paris but from many other places, especially in Berlin from G. Stoffauer or Luhme; in Frankfurt from Joh. Val. Albert; in Leipzig from Lampe or Sellier; in Göttingen from Apel; but the last apparatus are of bad platinum and are not highly praised.

Citation: Das Hauslexikon: vollständiges handbuch praktischer, Vol. 6 (1837) p.496



Stuttgart c. 1836: Retail Platinum cost half the price of Gold, in jewelry, etc.  


Platinum or White Gold in the middle. Platinum ranges between silver-white or steel gray, it is still difficult and worth half as much {as Gold.}

Citation: Schul-Kalender: ein Normal-Handbuch für Volksschullehrer, Vol. 1 (1837)


Platinum in German dentistry, 1836:



German estimation of Russian mineral production, c. 1836:

Where Gold was estimated Thlr. 230 per Mark; Platinum Thlr. 79.95 per Mark; Silver Thlr. 14.664

Citation: Universal-Lexikon der Handelswissenschaften: Enthaltend: die Münz- ... ;  August Schiebe (1837)
 
Specific Gravity of Platinum  types, Silver Coin:


 

USA, 1928

1928: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Colombian ore) = USD$ 67.41
1928: 1 Troy Oz. PGMs (Colombian ore) = USD$ 71.37
 
1928: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Russian ingot) = USD$ 74.99
1928: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (German Sheet) = USD$ 80.09 
1928: 1 Troy Oz. Iridium (mkt) = USD$ 117.96 
1928: 1 Troy Oz. Osmium (mkt) = USD$ 65.51
1928: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (mkt) = USD$ 60.60
1928: 1 Troy Oz. Rhodium(mkt) = USD$ 53.13
 


Citation: Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the USA 1928. Bureau of the Census (1929) p.279

UK, 1916: Platinum & Palladium

-1916: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (UK Govt: Buy) = £ 10. (USD$ 47.6 - 49.3)

-1916: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (UK Govt: Sell) = £ 11. (USD$ 52.36 - 54.23)

Citation: Mineral resources of the United States, 1917 (1921) Part 1 p.17

November, 1916: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (UK Govt) = £ 10.50 (USD$ 50.)December, 1916: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (UK Govt) = £ 14.50 (USD$ 69.2)

Citation: The Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol. 10 American Chemical Society


1916: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum = £ 10. - 14.50

Citation: The Platinum Metals ; Arthur Douglas Lumb (1921) p.16



Wartime price controls in effect.


c.1914: 1 Troy Ounce Palladium = £ 6.22 (USD$ 30.66)

1916: 1 Troy Ounce Palladium = £ 24.88 (USD$ 118.68)
1917: 1 Troy Ounce Palladium = £ 26.44 (USD$ 125.83)

USA, 1915

September, 1915: 1 Troy Oz. Pt (Ural Spot, @ .999) = $ 33.73 - 34.94

August-October, 1915: 1 Troy Oz. Pt (CA: ore @ .999) = $ 30. - 45.
May, 1915: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (NYC: Ingot, .999) = $ 38.50
August, 1915: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (NYC: Ingot, .999) = $ 39.25
October, 1915: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (NYC: Mkt @ .999) = $ 54.59




1910 - 15:

 

Citation: Report of the Royal Ontario Nickel Commission: with appendix; George Thomas Holloway (1917)


Imports of PGMs:

USA, 1914

NY Monthly Mkt Prices for Russian Ingot, 1910 - 15:

 

Citation: Report of the Royal Ontario Nickel Commission: with appendix; George Thomas Holloway (1917)  
1914:
 

At a Late October, 1914 Texas Auction, numismatic Platinum sold 50% higher than Spot.

October, 1914 : 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Numismatic, Coined) = USD$ 75.09

Citation: The Numismatist: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine..., Vol. 27 (1914) p.607

USA, 1913: Russian and Colombian Ore

1913: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Colombian ore, NY import) = USD$ 34.77
1913: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Russian ore @ SPb) = USD$ 36.54
1913: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (scrap, NY mkt) = USD$ 41. - 42.
1913: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (refined ingot, bulk, NY mkt) = USD$ 44.88
1913: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (refined ingot, bulk, NY mkt) = USD$ 45. - 46.

1913: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (NY mkt) ~ USD$ 40. - 44.
1913: 1 Troy Oz. Iridium (NY mkt) ~ USD$ 74. - 75.
(May-July?) 1913: 1 Troy Oz. Iridium (brief peak) ~ USD$ 81. - 85.

1913: Russian Ingot at St. Petersburg and New York, for comparison.



Citation: The Jewelers' Circular, Vol. 85, Issue 2 (11/1/1922) p.77


1913: NY Monthly Mkt Prices for Refined Ingot

1913: Engineering and Mining Journal, Vol. 95

January, 1913:


February, 1913:


March, 1913:


July, 1913:

July 1913: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (ingot, NY mkt) = USD$ 45.50 
July 1913: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (ingot, NY mkt) = USD$ 85.

Citation: Engineering and Mining Journal, Vol. 96 no.1 p.46 




At the source in July, 1913 (a local spot price, presumably 'intrinsic rate'):

1913: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Colombian ore, intrinsic) ~ £ 8.1 (USD$ 39.45)

Citation: Quito to Bogotá ; Arthur Clifford Veatch (1917)


Global Pt Production in 1913:

Germany, 1896: Paul Altmann Catalogue

December 1895: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mkt) = ℳ 48.37 (USD$ 11.57)
c.April 1896: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mkt) = ℳ 50.39 (USD$ 12.05)

1896: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Semi-Mfg; Whols.) = ℳ 50.54 (USD$ 12.09)

1896: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Semi-Mfg, Whols/Ret) = ℳ 52.88 (USD$ 12.65)

1896: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mfg, Trade) = ℳ 56. - 93.31 (USD$ 13.40 - 22.32)

1896: 1 Ozt. Palladium (Mfg, Trade) = ℳ 155.52 (USD$ 37.20)

1896: 1 Ozt. Silver (Semi-Mfg, Trade) = ℳ 10.89 - 12.44 (USD$ 2.61 - 2.98)

c.1896: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mkt) = ℳ 46.65 - 62.20 (USD$ 11.16 - 14.88)

c.1896: 1 Ozt. Rhodium (Mkt) = ℳ 466.50 (USD$ 111.60) 

c.1896: 1 Ozt. Gold (Mkt) = ℳ 85.53 (USD$ 20.46) 

Citation: Preisliste über chemische Apparate und Geräthschaften ... ; Paul Altmann Firm (1896) pp.

Spoons:



Gauze:



Wire:
1896: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Semi-Mfg: Wire, Trade) = ℳ 55.9863 (USD$ 13.39)





Foil:
1896: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Semi-Mfg: Foil, Trade) = ℳ 52.876 (USD$ 12.65)  
 



Blowpipe tips/jets:

1896: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Pyrometer) = ℳ 140. -186.6 (USD$ 33.49 - 44.65)

Citation: Preis-liste über apparate und utensilien für chemie, electrochemie...;Peters & Rost (1896)







December 1895: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mkt) = ℳ 48.37
c.April 1896: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mkt) = ℳ 50.39

At the turn of the year 1895 Platinum cost 1,555 Marks per kilogram. In the spring of 1896 it was already 1,620; by January 1897 it cost 1,660. In the summer of the same year (1897) it was in the 1,700s.  In the Spring of 1898 in the 1,800's, in September 2,000. - and today it costs 2,250 Mark. 

Citation: Die Zukunft. Herausgeber: M. Harden, Vol. 27  Maximilian Felix Ernst HARDEN (1899)

Citation: Zeitschrift fur Naturwissenschaften, Vol. 70 p.441

Citation: Die Metalle: Geschichte, Vorkommen und Gewinnung, nebst ausführlicher ...Bernhard Neumann p.363