Russia, 1918: Platinum Production, 19th C.

In 1918, if Gold was caculated at 4.5 Roubles per zolotnik

1918: 1 Troy Ounce Gold = 11.93 руб

Important summary of Russian Platinum production, 1824 -1917

Citation: The Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol. 10 ; American Chemical Society p.921






Also:

Germany, 1866

German Platinum crucible prices were ~25% cheaper than UK products and ~20% cheaper than French products.  


US Platinum Wire was about 4x more expensive than German prices, in Greenbacks.

1865: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mfg: Small Crucible, Retail) = Fl 19.595 (£ 1.63)
1866: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (UK Mfg: Crucible, Retail) = Fl. 24.02  

1865: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mfg: Crucible, Ret. Discount) = Fl 17.11 (£ 1.42)
1867: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (France Mfg: Crucible, Ret.) = Fl. 22.30
 
1865: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Semi-Mfg: Fine Wire, Ret.) = Fl 18.04 (£ 1.49) 
1865: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Semi-Mfg: Simple Wire, Ret.) = Fl 14.31 (£ 1.185)
1865: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Refined Sponge, Ret.) = Fl 14.31 (£ 1.185)

1866: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (crucibles, retail) = Fl 17.11 - 19.59 (£ 1.43 - ) ;


Compare USA (April 1866 Gold Rate for Greenbacks): 
1866: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (crucibles, retail) = USD$  4.08 - 5.47 ; 4.67 - 6.27

1866: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Sheet & Wire) = Fl 14.31 - 18.04 (£ 1.19 - 1.50) ;
(UK)  1866: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Sheet & Wire) = £ 1.60 (USD$   )
................................................................................(Fr 30.33 - 38.24) 
(France) 1866: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Sheet & Wire) = Fr 46.65 - 62.50


May/June, 1866: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Scrap, Buyer's Price) = Fl 9.02
1866: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Sheet & Wire) = USD$  3.41 - 4.58 > 4.30 - 5.77 

 
1865: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Wire) = USD$ 12. - 15.  (Gold) ;  USD$ 15. - 20.15 (Greenbacks)

1866: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (pure) = Fl 108.08 
..........................................................................(£ 8.42 ; Fr 214.28 ; USD$ 24.10 - 32.34)

The US Palladium Price (presumably, Greenbacks) was more than 5x higher in 1864.

1864: 1 Troy Ounce Palladium (retail, refined, semi-mfg, pure)  = USD$ 150.00

1865: 1 Troy Oz. Osmium (Refined .999, Ret.) = Fl 46.66 (£ 3.865)
1865: 1 Troy Oz. Iridium (Refined .999, Ret.) = Fl 31.1035 (£ 2.58)
....................................................................(£ 2.59 ; Fr 65.53 ; USD$ 7.42 - 9.95)

January 1866:







May/June 1866: Frankfurt Supply-House, advertising in Austrian journal:

Citation: Deutsche vierteljahrsschrift fuer zahnheilkunde, Vol. 6 (1866)

Tariffs:

Germany, 1904: Neumann's Seminal Price Study for the PGMs

This is the most comprehensive historical 19th C. price table for the PGMs available, but with retail prices. Note the ~90% Palladium price collapse in 1875.

Citation: Die Metalle: Geschichte, Vorkommen und Gewinnung, nebst ausführlicher ... Bernhard Neumann (1904) p.367

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)




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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)