June 20, 2012

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:

June 18, 2012

USA, 1884- : University of California accounts

1884: 1 Troy Oz Platinum (semi-mfg, whols.) = USD$ 7.80

1885: 1 Troy Oz Platinum (Scraps Sold, ret.) = USD$ 6.99

1886: 1 Troy Oz Platinum (CA: Mkt/Scrap) = USD$ 9.64

1887: 1 Troy Oz Platinum (CA: mfg, ret.) = USD$ 12.44

1888: 1 Troy Oz Platinum (CA: Sponge, ret.) = USD$ 9.88
1888: 1 Troy Oz Platinum (CA: mfg, ret.) = USD$ 13.37

 

Mid-1884: Platinum ?
 


July, 1885:


Jan. 1886:



July, 1885:


Dec. 1888:


~Aug. 1889: 126 Grams @ $50 = 

c. Aug. 1888: 1 Troy Oz Platinum (CA: Semi-mfg, Ret.) = USD$ 9.55
c. Aug. 1888: 1 Troy Oz Platinum (CA: Mfg, Ret.) = USD$ 12.75




~Aug. 1889: 108 Grams @ $46.45 =

~ Aug. 1889: 1 Troy Oz Platinum (CA: Mfg, Ret.) = USD$ 13.3774
 


1888?? Mixed Order. 188?: 1 Troy Oz Platinum (CA: ?, Ret.) = USD$ 12.1304



Mid-1884: Forex indicated at 5.15 Francs per USD$ (plus shipping):


De Saga in Heidelberg - ultrafine wire

Late-1884: Forex indicated at $0.98 per 4 Marks (plus shipping): $1.94




July 1885:


Likely, compensation for a lost/damaged crucible (from the scientist) - market rate.

September, 1886:



February, 1887:






In German Marks


Appendix 3A


c.May 1888:


1888:










June 1888:


New York: Platinum Wire, 1883-1898

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


June 15, 2012

Russia, 1869




1869: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Ural Ore, source) = 2.50 руб (USD$ 3.01; Fr 8.06)
1869: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Ural Ore, SPb) = 3.038 руб (USD$ 3.66; Fr 9.79)
1869: 1 Troy Oz. Pt (Ural Ore .999, SPb) = 3.66 руб (USD$ 4.41; Fr 12.87)

Where the Poud-rate @ 1,600. руб (£ 218.75- 195.75) was 97.68 руб/Kg. (£ 13.35 - 12.)


1869: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Ural Ore, SPb) = 3.038 руб (£ 0.4154 - 0.3719)
1869: 1 Troy Oz. Pt (Ural Ore .999, SPb) = 3.66 руб (£ 0.50 - 0.45)

Citation: Engineering and Mining Journal, Vol. 80 p.361


Citing Die Platinlagerstatten am Ural, A. Saytzeff, Tomsk, 1898:


Suspiciously similiar to Jamieson's price chart, but in French Francs.

Citation: Revue philomathique de Bordeaux et sud-ouest; Vol. 1; Société Philomathique de Bordeaux (1898) p.314


The paper Rouble was worth ~$ 0.773, not USD$ 0.52, in 1869.

Citation: Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical ..., Vol. 29 ; American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (1900) p.4


c. 1868: Silver Rouble in $ Silver $0.794 at the 1857 US Mint Rate. 


Where 1 ozt of Fine Ag was $1.325 in London, and IF 1ozt Fine Pt 3.038 руб Paper 
(2.413 руб Ag = $ 1.91 Gold, at 1857 Rate = USD$ 2.548, in Greenbacks.)  

The French estimate of 259 Fr/kg (Fr 8.056/ozt)

1. руб Paper = 0.7943 руб Silver (0.5836 English Troy Ounces Fine Ag) >>

1869: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Ural Ore, SPb) = 3.04 руб (London Silver $2.35)





Citation: La Russie industrielle: étude sur l'Éxposition de Nijni-Novgorod; Maurice Verstraete, p.293



1869: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Ural ore) = £ 0.3863 ($ 1.88 Gold)