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In 1792, the gold/silver price ratio was fixed by law in the United States at 15:1, [11] which meant that one troy ounce of gold was worth 15 troy ounces of silver; a ratio of 15.5:1 was enacted in France in 1803. [12] The average gold/silver price ratio during the 20th century, however, was 47:1. [13]
May 20 marked an all-time high price for gold, at a spot price of $2,435.96 per ounce. Gold futures were higher at $2,438.50. Spot silver also rose to $32.17, an over 11-year high.
Silver prices since 2000 until April 2015. Price quotes given in USD per ounce. Date: 21 April 2015: Source: based on www.kitco.com; using price quotes for silver .
In the nearly three decades since passage of the Silver Purchase Act of 1934, the annual demand for silver bullion rose steadily from roughly 11 million ounces (1933) to 110 million ounces (1962). [41] The Acts of 1939 and 1946 established floor prices for silver of 71 cents and 90.5 cents (respectively) per ounce. [41]
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Although the economy performed poorly in 1632, trade increased by 0.24 million pesos every year. [24] With the increase in silver accumulation in the Americas and Japan and the balancing of the Chinese silver supply and demand market due to the large amount of silver imports, the price of Chinese silver and world silver prices converge and the ...
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.
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