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File:Silver price chart since 2000.svg. ... Price quotes given in USD per ounce. Date: 21 April 2015: Source: based on www.kitco.com; using price quotes for silver .
Price of silver. Silver cost $4 per troy ounce in 1992, [67] started to rise rapidly in early 2004, [67] reached $18 per troy oz by late 2007, slipped badly to $10 per troy oz during the Credit Crunch of 2008, [67] but was selling in late 2009 and again in early 2010 at just under $18 per troy oz of metal. [67]
The price of silver has risen fairly steeply since September 2005, being initially around $7 per troy ounce, but reaching $14 per troy ounce for the first time by late April 2006, and the average price of the month was $12.61 per troy ounce.
In 1979, the price for silver (based on the London Fix) jumped from $6.08 per troy ounce ($0.195/g) on January 1, 1979, to a record high of $49.45 per troy ounce ($1.590/g) on January 18, 1980, an increase of 713%, with silver futures reaching an intraday COMEX all-time high of $50.35 per troy ounce and a reduction of the silver/gold ratio down to 1:17.0.
An intraday percentage drop is defined as the difference between the previous trading session's closing price and the intraday low of the following trading session. The closing percentage change denotes the ultimate percentage change recorded after the corresponding trading session's close.
Interest in silver mining has increased in recent years because of an increased price for the metal: the average silver price increased from $4.39 per troy ounce for the year 2001, to $13.45 per troy ounce for 2007. [2] In 2011, silver prices rose to almost $49 per troy ounce in April before dropping to around $34 per troy ounce in late June.
The Spanish silver dollar created a global silver standard from the 16th to 19th centuries. The silver standard [a] is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is a fixed weight of silver. Silver was far more widespread than gold as the monetary standard worldwide, from the Sumerians c. 3000 BC until 1873.
Silver prices are normally quoted in troy ounces. One troy ounce is equal to 31.1034768 grams. The London silver fix is published every working day at noon London time. [110] This price is determined by several major international banks and is used by London bullion market members for trading that day.