Russia, 1899

Purportedly "fleur de coin" (Uncirculated) it's not clear these aren't Novodel re-issues and the price-quote appears to be the small-lot Producer Cost

1898: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (SPb: Refined Funt-rate Cost) = 22.807 руб
1898: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (SPb: Numismatic) = 22.572 руб (Fr 60.08)
 
August 1898/9: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (SPb: Numismatic) = 22.52 руб (Fr 60.08)

Citation: Catalogue des monnaies russes de tous les princes: tsars et empereurs depuis 980 jusquʼà 1899 (1899)





Citation: The Colliery Engineer, Vol. 30 (1910) p.400



1899: 1 Troy Oz. platina (SPb, mkt) ~ 24.40 руб

Unclear original data source.

 
Citation: Archives des sciences physiques et naturelles, Vol. 15 1903

 

Late April 1899:

Presumably, by mid-April 1899 the Wholesale Ask in Russia had advanced £ 1.25 (USD$ ) over the January 1899 Price in St. Petersburg.  The Johnson-Matthey London Spot did not change so, in the same period.
 
Citation: Proceedings of the Chemical and Metallurgical Society of South Africa (1899) Vol. 2, p.896

 








1899: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (SPb Spot: Refined) = USD$ 15.22
1899: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (German Quote) = USD$ 15.19

Citation: Engineering and Mining Journal, Vol. 112, #12 ; American Institute of Mining Engineers (1921), p.478



French source, earlier production statistics:

Nov. 1899: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Ural Mining Labor Cost: 83% ore) =  9.4789 руб
Nov. 1899: 1 Troy Oz. Pt (Ural Mining Labor Cost: 83% ore) =  11.42 руб



1899: 1 Troy Oz. platina (SPb Spot: 83% ore) = 24.6846 руб
1899: 1 Troy Oz. Pt (SPb Refining Cost) = 0.3798 руб 
1899: 1 Troy Oz. Pt (SPb Spot: .999) ~ 29.74 руб

Citation: L'Oural, By Maurice Verstraete (1899), p. 199


1899: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (SPb: Sponge) = 34.1786 руб
1899: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (SPb: Sheet) = 37.976 руб
1899: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (SPb: Mfg) = 49.37 руб (USD$

Citation: L'Oural, By Maurice Verstraete (1899), p. 203


1899-1909: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Ural Contract: +83% ore) = 21.56 руб
1899-1909: 1 Troy Oz. Pt (Ural Spot: .999) = 25.364 - 25.975 руб

Citation: L'Oural, By Maurice Verstraete (1899), pp.208

Russian Import Tariff on Platinumware, руб 2.2786/Ozt



 

France, 1916

En mars 1915, il fut dejà de 8,950 fr. le kilogramme, en janvier de 1916 de 10,000 fr. Le prix actuel du platine à Paris s'élève à 16,000 fr. le kilogramme. Les prix très élevés du platine ont attiré vers l'Oural les syndicats métallurgiques anglais et ...



January, 1916: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (ingot, mkt) =  Fr. 311.04


1915/6: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (ingot, mkt) = Fr 270.61 - 311.04
1916: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (ingot, mkt) = ℳ 264.39 - 388.80
 
Citation: Enzyklopädie der technischen chemie: Unter mitwirkung von fachgenossen, Vol. 9 ; Fritz Ullmann p.179
 

UK, 1919

1919: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (mkt) = £ 24. (~USD$ 106.32)
1919: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (ingot, mkt) = USD$ 105.

Citation: The Platinum Metals, Arthur Douglas Lumb (1920) p.15

Germany, 1899

December 1895: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mkt.) = ℳ 48.37
c.April 1896: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mkt.) = ℳ 50.39
January 1897: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mkt.) = ℳ 51.63
c.July 1897: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mkt.) = ~ℳ 53.34
c.April 1898: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mkt) = ~ℳ 56.45
September 1898: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mkt.) = ℳ 62.21

April/May 1899: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (Mkt.) = ℳ 69.983 ($ 16.67)
April 1899: 1 Ozt. Platinum (UK Producer, London Spot) =  (£ 3.50)  




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)

1899:  
1899: 1 Ozt. platina (82.5% Russian Ore) = ℳ 46.14 (USD$ 11.)

1899: 1 Ozt. Pt (Refining Cost) = ℳ 1.244 (USD$ 0.30, Fr 1.52, £ 0.0483)
1899: 1 Ozt. Russian platina, refined = ℳ 55.93 (USD$ 13.33)
1899: 1 Ozt. Pt Refiner Profit (First Base Price Cost) = ℳ 6.58 (USD$ 1.43)

1899: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Semi-Mfg; Whols./Ret.) = ℳ 63.76 (USD$ 15.19)

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

Germany, 1898

See Preis-verzeichniss uber chemische apparate und gerathschaften, chemische praparate und reagentien, C. Gerhardt (1898)
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Semi-manufactured Platinum in catalogues was 14.3% higher than market-price;  manufactured Platinumware was 23.5% higher, likewise.

Where an Evaporating Basin weighing 32 g. contained 90 cc, a Pt Basin 1 Ozt = 87.48 cc. An Evaporating Basin containing 1 Fl.Oz. (28.4131 cc.) ought to weigh 11.36 g (0.3654 Ozt.) or ~175 grains troy.

p.5: "Abdampfschalen von Platin, mit Ausguss, werden nach Gewicht (berechnet der Preis richtet sich nach dem Marktpreis des Metalls), das Gramm ohne Faconpreis, unverbindlich                          ............................ Mark 2.


"Evaporation Basins in Platinum, with spout, are calculated by weight (the price depends on the market price of the metal), the Gram without manufacture, unlimited.                                                       ........................... Mark 2.

Late 1897: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt.) = ℳ 54.43
1897/8: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mfg: Dish, Cat.) = ℳ 67.07

p.49:
1897/8: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Fine Wire: Semi-Mfg.) = ℳ 62.21
1897/8: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Fine Wire: Semi-Mfg.) = ℳ 65.32
1897/8: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Wiremesh: Semi-Mfg.) = ℳ 77.76
1897/8: 1 Ozt. Silver (Wiremesh: Semi-Mfg.) = ℳ 18.66


c.July 1897: 1 Ozt. Platinum (mkt) = ~ℳ 53.34
c.April 1898: 1 Ozt. Platinum (mkt) = ~ℳ 56.45
September 1898: 1 Ozt. Platinum (mkt) = ℳ 62.21
April/May 1899: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (mkt) = ℳ 69.983

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)

1898: 1 Ozt. platina (82.5% Russian ore) = ℳ 40.20 (USD$ 9.54)

1898: 1 Ozt. Pt (Refining Cost) = ℳ 1.244 (USD$ 0.30)
1898: 1 Ozt. Russian platina, refined = ℳ 49.97 (USD$ 11.86)
1898: 1 Ozt. Pt Refiner Profit (First Base Price Cost) = ℳ 6.01 (USD$ 1.43)

1898: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Semi-Mfg; Whols./Ret.) = ℳ 55.99 (USD$ 13.29)

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

 

Palladium:

1898: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium Sponge (Refined, Whols.) = ℳ 55.986 (USD$ )

1898: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (Wire, Whols.) = ℳ 99.53 (USD$ )
1898: 1 Troy Oz. Potassium tetrachloropalladate(II) = ℳ 31.103 (USD$ )

1898: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium (NYC: Metal, Whols.) = USD$ 29.55

Citation: Engineering and Mining Journal, Vol. 65 5/14/1898 p.586

Germany, 1897

Reporting late 1896 prices from April 1897 Russian journal. 

1896/7: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Russian ore, 84.5%) = ℳ 27.99
1896/7: 1 Ozt Pt (at purity) = ℳ 33.13
1896:1 Ozt. Pt (Ru Refiner Cost) ~ ℳ 1.25 (1.92 руб)
1896: 1 Ozt. Pt (Producer's Cost) ~ ℳ 34.38

Citation: Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, Vol. 16 (4/1897) ; Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain), 1897. 



January 1897: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mkt) = ℳ 51.63
c.July 1897: 1 Ozt. Platinum (mkt) = ~ℳ 53.34

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)




1897: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Russian ore) = ℳ 34.87-36.515 (USD$ 8.33-8.73)

1897: 1 Troy Oz. Pt (Refining Cost) = ℳ 1.244 (USD$ 0.30)
1897: 1 Troy Oz. Pt (Producer Cost)  = ℳ 47.73-49.93 (USD$ 11.40-11.95)

1897: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (semi-mfg; whols) = ℳ 54.43 (USD$ 13.01)
 1897: 1 Troy Oz. Pt Refiner Profit  = ℳ 6.70 (USD$ 1.60)

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