France, 1854

c.1851: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Colombia: Ore, 82.5%) ~ Fr 21.50
c.1851: 1 Ozt. Pt (Colombia: Ore, .999) ~ Fr 26.05

1853: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Paris: Semi-Mfg, Ret.) = Fr 46.65 

1853: 1 Troy Oz. Pt (CA Spot: intrinsic) = Fr 25.52 (USD $ 5.)
1853: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Boston: Wire/Ingot, Ret.) = Fr 51.04 ($ 10.)  
1853: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (USA: Foil, Ret.) = Fr 73.50 ($ 14.40) 

1854: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (UK: Semi-Mfg., Trade) = Fr. 34.50 (£ 1.38)

1854: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (UK: Manufactured, Trade) = Fr. 37.50 (£ 1.50)

1854: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Bavaria: Mkt./Wire) ~ Fr 36.70 (Fl. 17.556) 
1854: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Bavaria: Fine Wire) ~ Fr 41.15 (Fl. 19.684) 
1854: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Bavaria: Mfg.) ~ Fr 46.70 (Fl. 22.344)

1856: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Semi-Mfg)  = Fr  40.43 - 46.66 (USD$ 7.87 - 9.08)
 
Tariffed Rate:

1854: 1 Troy Ounce platina (UK Import: Colombian/Ru Ore?) = Fr 9.30
1854: 1 Ozt. Pt (UK Import: Ore @ .999) = Fr 11.27
1854: 1 Ozt. platina (UK: Colombian/Ru Ore?) = Fr 9.33
1854: 1 Ozt. Pt (UK Import: Ore @ .999) = Fr 11.31
    

French retailers of Platinum (Horeau? not elsewhere indicated) :


 
c.1854 Price for Platinum Boiler



c.1854/5 Lightning Rod Tips, Fr. 50






1854 Import: 323.6 Kgs. = 10,404 Ozt valued at Frcs.967,800

1854: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Customs: Mfg?) = Fr 93.02 (USD$ 18.22)




From England, France imported 3,236 kgs of Platinum worth Fr. 967,800.: Fr. 299./kg
The assumed German price was Fr. 300./kg


 
c. 1854 source, dated price

UK, 1807

Wollaston purchased two platina thermometers from Chas. Malacrida of High Holborn St. for 19s.

Wollaston assumed Johnson purchased 1 Libra for S$ 6. silver; at 1807 forex on New Dollars:

1806: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Importer's Cost, 76.3% ore)  = £ 0.0886 - 0.1063
1806: 1 Troy Oz Pt (Importer's Cost, .999)  = £ 0.1162 - 0.1394
1806: 1 Troy Oz Pt (Wollaston's Labor, Per Ozt)  = £ 0.10
1806: 1 Troy Oz Platinum (Lowest Cost Basis, .999)  = £ 0.2162 - 0.2394

France, 1848

c.1848/9: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (SPb: Russian Ingot) = Fr 26.355 (6.8357 руб Kr)

c.1848/9: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (NYC: Imported Ingot, Fine?) = (USD$ 7.50 - 8.33)
c.1848: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (NYC: Semi-Mfg, Retail) ~ Fr 56.72 - 57.33 ($ 11.)

c.1848/9: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Paris: Semi-Mfg, Retail) = Fr. 37.324 (~$ 7.18)
c.1848/9: 1 Troy Oz. Pt Chloride (Paris: PtCl₂, Ret.) = Fr. 31.104 (~$ 5.98)

As indicated, in 1848:
"Mr. Germer Bailliere believes it's useful to readers to insert at the end of this new edition a program of products and utensils necessary to repeat the experiments described therein. He was sent this by a House by honorably known for the purity of its products and dealing especially with everything that relates to the study of chemistry and physics." 

Citation: Chimie élémentaire avec ses principales applications aux arts... Apollinaire Bouchardat (1848) p.595


 
The 1849 Catalogue is identical, as above. (Whereas the 2nd French Edition was translated from the 10th English Edition, the 3rd French Edition was translated from the 18th English Edition.)

Citation: Manipulations électrotypiques ou Traité de galvanoplastie;  Charles V. Walker (1849) p.148




Citation: Société d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale (1848)





 



1834-(1848)



1845-1850: SPb price



c. 1848/9: Demidoff gives platina nugget to Bruxelles (Belgium.)

Weight: 163.47 g. (~38.3 zolotnik)

UK, 1853

Edward Wolstenholme Ward (E.W. Ward) was named Captain in 1852; he was sent to New South Wales, Australia in 1854.  His earlier report (as a Lieutenant) included Portsmouth retail Platinum prices (1850).

1850: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Portsmouth, UK: Sheet, Whols.)  = £ 1.60 (USD$ 7.79)

1853: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Semi-Mfg, Ret.) = £ 1.40 (USD$ 6.50)
1853: 1 Troy Oz. Gold (Semi-Mfg, Ret.) = £ 4.25 (USD$ 19.73) 

1853: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Paris: Semi-Mfg, Ret.) ~ £ 1.86 (Fr 46.65)

1855: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Semi-Mfg, Trade) = £ 1.30 (USD$ 6.36)

Foil Battery, ea.: Pt 1.73 Grams/ 26.66 Grains Troy = £ 0.2611 (USD$ 1.21) 
Sheet Battery, ea.: Pt 9.41 Grams/ 145.2 Grains Troy = £ 0.5917 (USD$ 2.75) 

Dalgleish Pt Battery, ea.: Pt 25.815 Grams/ 398.4 Grains Troy = £ 1.462 (USD$ 6.79)  

Grove's Battery:
Where One Box was 7" long x 4" wide x 4" tall, factoring case, each cell should have been 2" x 2" wide (x4" tall?), with ~145 Grains Troy (~9.41 Grams)

1853: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Semi-Mfg, Ret.) = £ 1.35 (USD$ 6.27)
     Citation: Papers on Subjects Connected with the Duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Vol. 4 (1855)


 


1853: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mfg., Ret.) = £ 1.75 (USD$ 8.51)

Citation: Transactions, Vol. 1, ; North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, p.453


1853:





Commercial value of platina : ~50% Gold.



1852/3: 1 Troy Oz. platina (Ore, Retail) = £ 0.823 (USD$ 4.0)

1852/3:
Citation: Rheinisches Mineralien-Comptoir: Catalogue of mineralogical, geological... A. Krantz (1853)
 

c.1855: "Rhodium" (Iridium) for Pen Points

Germany, 1921

In Germany, Platinum was 3.822 - 3.933x the Price of Gold, 122.18 - 126.13x the Price of Silver.   

1921/2: 1 Troy Ounce Gold (Mkt) = ℳ 5,536.42 - 5,940.84
1921/2: 1 Ozt. Silver (Mkt) = ℳ 172.62 - 185.84
1921/2: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mkt) = ℳ 21,772 - 22,705.50

Chemiker-Zeitung, Vol. 46 (1922):  
"Der Preis für Gold schwankte zwischen 178,000 und 191,000 ℳ, der für Silber zwischen 5,550 und 5,975 ℳ. Platin notierte zwischen 700 und 730 ℳ für 1 g." 


"The price of Gold traded between 178,000 - 191,000 ℳ, of Silver between 5.550 to 5.975 ℳ. Platinum 700 - 730 ℳ for 1 g."

Early 1921:
"Der Preis des Platine, welcher vor einem Menschenalter 1 M. für das Gramm betrug. war allmählich bis auf 6 M. im Jahre 1914 gestiegen und beträgt jetzt über 100 M." 

"The price of Platinum, which was for the grams of a generation ago ℳ 1. was gradually increased up to ℳ 6. in 1914 and is now about ℳ 100."

1921: 1 Ozt. Platinum (Mkt) = ℳ 96.75




A Platinum Evaporating Basin to contain 1 Imperial Fluid Ounce (79.912 cc) should weigh 28.41 grames

Germany, 1922

1921: 1 Troy Ounce Gold (Mkt) = ℳ 5,536.42 - 5,940.84
1921: 1 Troy Oz. Silver (Mkt) = ℳ 172.62 - 185.84 
1921: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mkt) = ℳ 21,772 - 22,705.50

  
Chemiker-Zeitung, Vol. 46 (1922):  
"Der Preis für Gold schwankte zwischen 178,000 und 191,000 ℳ, der für Silber zwischen 5,550 und 5,975 ℳ. Platin notierte zwischen 700 und 730 ℳ für 1 g." 


"The price of Gold traded between 178,000 - 191,000 ℳ, of Silver between 5.550 to 5.975 ℳ. Platinum 700 - 730 ℳ for 1 g."

Germany, 1922

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