Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Shillings per Ton, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1874-1897 (2)--Original Data, 1886-1933. Source: NBER Computed The Monthly Average Price And Converted Shillings And Pence To Shillings And Decimal Of Shilling. Data Were Taken From The Iron And Coal Trades Review. 1886-1908 Data Are From Issue Of January 1, 1909, P.9; 1887-1930 Data From January 23, 1931, P.172; 1895-1928 Data Are From January 25, 1929, P.149; 1912-1931 Data Are From January 22, 1932, P.162; 1932-1933 Data Were Computed By NBER By Averaging Thursday Quotations Found In Current Issues.

This NBER data series m04012b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html.

NBER Indicator: m04012b