Monthly Grain Prices at Les Halles, Paris. 1549-1698
The datafile: spreadsheet (.xls, 64 Kb)
This file contains monthly prices of wheat, barley and oats in Tournois pounds per setier (156 litre). The data are used in a paper by Nicholas Poynder, Grain storage in theory and history, (.pdf, 40 Kb). Paper presented at the Third Conference of the European Historical Economics Society, Lisbon, October 29-30, 1999.
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About this datafile
The prices are in Tournois pounds per setier (156 litre) and were used in a paper by Nicholas Poynder, Grain storage in theory and history, Presented at the Third Conference of the European Historical Economics Society, Lisbon, October 29-30, 1999. The data theirselves are obtained from M Baulant and J Meuvret, Prix des cereales extraits de la mercuriale de Paris (1520-1688): 2 vols. (Paris, 1962). (Vol I and II, p. 4-45 and 45-81).
For people wanting to convert these prices in grams of silver, we provide the grams of silver per Tournois pound in the table below.
*=Grams of silver per livre tournois Year Grams * Year Grams Year Grams 1549 16,4983 1600 12,3869 1651 8,7518 1550 15,8793 1601 12,3869 1652 8,2967 1551 15,8793 1602 12,0866 1653 7,7156 1552 15,8793 1603 11,6127 1654 8,7412 1553 15,8793 1604 11,6127 1655 8,7518 1554 15,8793 1605 11,6127 1656 8,0247 1555 15,8793 1606 11,6127 1657 8,0247 1556 15,8793 1607 11,6127 1658 8,0247 1557 15,8793 1608 11,6127 1659 8,0247 1558 15,8793 1609 11,6127 1660 8,0247 1559 15,8793 1610 11,6127 1661 8,0247 1560 15,8793 1611 11,6127 1662 8,0247 1561 15,5399 1612 11,6127 1663 8,0247 1562 14,9971 1613 11,6127 1664 8,0247 1563 14,9971 1614 11,6127 1665 8,0247 1564 14,9971 1615 11,6127 1666 8,9001 1565 14,9971 1616 11,6127 1667 8,7518 1566 14,9971 1617 11,6127 1668 8,7518 1567 14,9971 1618 11,6127 1669 8,7518 1568 14,9971 1619 11,6127 1670 8,7518 1569 14,9971 1620 11,6127 1671 8,7518 1570 14,9971 1621 11,6127 1672 8,7518 1571 14,9971 1622 11,6127 1673 8,7518 1572 14,9971 1623 11,6127 1674 8,7518 1573 14,3972 1624 11,6127 1675 8,7518 1574 13,8435 1625 11,6127 1676 8,7518 1575 13,2299 1626 11,6127 1677 8,7518 1576 12,4114 1627 11,6127 1678 8,7518 1577 12,4114 1628 11,6127 1679 8,7518 1578 12,4114 1629 11,6127 1680 8,7518 1579 12,4114 1630 11,6127 1681 8,7518 1580 12,3926 1631 11,6127 1682 8,7518 1581 12,3869 1632 11,6127 1683 8,7518 1582 12,3869 1633 11,6127 1684 8,7518 1583 12,3869 1634 11,6127 1685 8,6638 1584 12,3869 1635 11,6127 1686 8,4245 1585 12,3869 1636 10,3054 1687 8,4245 1586 12,3869 1637 9,1392 1688 8,4245 1587 12,3869 1638 9,1392 1689 8,4245 1588 12,3869 1639 9,1392 1690 7,9562 1589 12,3869 1640 9,1392 1691 7,9562 1590 12,3869 1641 9,0649 1692 8,0247 1591 12,3869 1642 8,7518 1693 8,2270 1592 12,3869 1643 8,7518 1694 8,4245 1593 12,3869 1644 8,7518 1695 8,4245 1594 12,3869 1645 8,7518 1696 8,4245 1595 12,3869 1646 8,7518 1697 8,4245 1596 12,3869 1647 8,7518 1698 8,4245 1597 12,3869 1648 8,7518 1699 8,4245 1598 12,3869 1649 8,7518 1700 7,6485 1599 12,3869 1650 8,7518
The silver values were obtained from: Robert C. Allen and Richard W. Unger, with the assistance of Shannon Parker and Stephanie McWhinnie, Allen - Unger Database, European Commodity Prices 1260-1914. In this database they were collected from: Natalis de Wailly, Memoire sur les variations de la livre Tournois depuis le regne de Saint Louis jusqu'a l'etablissmenet de la monnaie decimale Paris 1857
NB. Where there are changes within the year the amount of silver in the coin on 1 July is used for the year.
