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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Juan Blanco, post: 1566758, member: 41665&quot;]This isn&#039;t a &#039;bullion investing&#039; post, it&#039;s a request <b>for any early-/mid-19th C. Platinum price-data.&nbsp; </b>Period coin collectors with relevant American ephemera and/or w/ historical research insights might know of unique sources. (Think I&#039;ve found most everything available on GoogleBooks.)&nbsp; I&#039;m particularly searching for any merchant, dentist, chemist, etc. <i>account books </i>or <i>commodity price-records </i>w/Platinum <i>in Confederate Dollars </i>1861-1865. And more generally, I&#039;m still looking for any OFFLINE price-data (in private collections, archives, libraries) for Platinum or PGMs before 1867. Thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p>With regards to record PM price-inflation in American currency, this factoid might be of some interest.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1860, scrap Platinum was sold trade for $ 6. per Troy Ounce (Gold, US money) </p><p>In 1864/5, refined Platinum was sold trade for ~C$ 3,840. (I&#039;d guess the scrap price for Pt was ~ C$ 1,920.)&nbsp; </p><p><a href="http://noblemetals.blogspot.com/2011/03/usa-1860-ritchies-catalogue-boston.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://noblemetals.blogspot.com/2011/03/usa-1860-ritchies-catalogue-boston.html" rel="nofollow">http://noblemetals.blogspot.com/2011/03/usa-1860-ritchies-catalogue-boston.html</a></p><p><a href="http://noblemetals.blogspot.com/2010/08/usa-18656-mit-textbook.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://noblemetals.blogspot.com/2010/08/usa-18656-mit-textbook.html" rel="nofollow">http://noblemetals.blogspot.com/2010/08/usa-18656-mit-textbook.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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