The Copenhagen Assize of Bread
1684-05-14 to 1799-07-17
in ß per pund (500 g)
Yearly averages

The prices are taken from Table IV, pages 155-158 in A History of Prices and Wages in Denmark 1660-1800 by Astrid Friis and Kristof Glamann, Volume I, published for the Institute of Economics and History Copenhagen by Longmans, Green and Co, London, New York, Toronto 1958.

YearCoarse
Rye
Bread
Fine
Rye
Bread
Wheat
Bread
16843,095,587,72
16853,826,698,63
16862,845,126,43
16872,494,535,83
16882,334,275,57
16892,484,585,96
16902,484,76,17
16912,484,926,24
16922,435,066,63
16932,545,828,54
16942,985,88,49
16952,345,056,87
16962,385,677,97
16973,426,428,36
16983,766,978,58
16994,26810,24
17004,26810,24
17013,015,76,77
17022,525,336,55
17032,334,565,92
17042,164,456,47
17052,164,67,12
17062,155,347,11
170725,336,61
17081,985,146,43
17092,717,8810,49
17103,919,499,54
17113,46,519,18
17122,665,828,54
17132,525,648,34
17142,646,339,07
17152,646,858,74
17162,466,48
17172,466,48
17182,576,578,06
17193,367,529,84
17203,327,439,69
17212,756,247,72
17222,185,16,3
172324,266,13
172424,617,49
17252,526,968,82
17262,667,128,65
17272,667,128,54
17282,536,367,74
17292,285,816,72
17302,275,546,4
17312,145,346,4
17322,034,746,4
173324,586,4
173424,586,4
17352,485,56,92
17363,046,747,52
17373,57,437,94
17383,276,897,51
17392,776,197,12
17403,5589,33
17414,248,7410,66
17423,487,228,49
17432,936,237,62
17442,695,286,95
17452,665,127,52
17462,785,347,52
17472,95,567,52
17482,95,567,52
17492,95,567,52
17502,775,257,09
17512,224,716,76
17522,144,927,12
17532,144,927,12
17542,144,927,12
17552,475,597,12
17563,276,547,29
17573,767,528,54
17584,298,069,22
17593,416,558,24
17602,725,237,32
17612,574,886,8
176235,847,78
17633,636,648,18
17643,586,438,05
176547,129,14
17663,687,128,57
17673,367,128,08
17683,367,129,14
17693,367,129,14
17703,367,129,14
17714,398,8110,4
17724,929,8411,64
17734,389,1311,41
17743,27,149,22
177549,1411,64
17763,377,729,89
17772,426,48,26
17782,496,568,69
17792,887,489,08
17802,596,718,32
17813,027,769,48
17823,248,269,89
17833,558,8711,22
17843,79,4412,18
17853,388,5912,18
17863,849,4812,18
17873,959,8812,49
17883,188,139,97
17893,849,7912,02
17904,019,8712,11
17913,18,1910,13
17923,248,269,84
17933,79,4310,63
17943,799,6210,75
17954,3910,811,14
17963,829,5311,43
17972,967,610,52
17983,338,3310,66
17994,3510,7111,84