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  2. Global silver trade from the 16th to 19th centuries - Wikipedia

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    Silver Peso of Philip V. A major drive of the Spanish colonization of the Americas during the late 15th and 16th centuries was the discovery, production, and trading of precious metals at a time when there was a severe shortage of them.

  3. Silver as an investment - Wikipedia

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    Silver often tracks the gold price due to store of value demands, although the ratio can vary. The crustal ratio of silver to gold is 17.5:1. [7] The gold/silver price ratio is often analyzed by traders, investors, and buyers. [8] The gold/silver ratio is the oldest continuously tracked exchange rate in history. [9]

  4. Silver Thursday - Wikipedia

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    Silver price history in 1960–2020 showing the Silver Thursday event in 1980 Gold price history in 1960–2020 showing the Silver Thursday event in 1980. Silver Thursday was an event that occurred in the United States silver commodity markets on Thursday, March 27, 1980, following the attempt by brothers Nelson Bunker Hunt, William Herbert Hunt and Lamar Hunt (collectively known as the Hunt ...

  5. Silver standard - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Trade dollar - Wikipedia

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    Trade dollars were silver coins minted as trade coins by various countries to facilitate trade with countries in East Asia, especially China and Japan.They all approximated in weight and fineness to the Spanish dollar, which had set the standard for a de facto common currency for trade in the Far East.

  7. Cornering the market - Wikipedia

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    Following an attempt at cornering the silver market by the Hunt brothers in 1980, gold and silver prices briefly spiked in an event referred to as Silver Thursday.. In finance, cornering the market consists of obtaining sufficient control of a particular stock, commodity, or other asset in an attempt to manipulate the market price.

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  9. Timeline of international trade - Wikipedia

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    The Manila Galleon was a fleet of Spanish trading ships annually sent across the Pacific between Spanish possessions in Mexico and the Philippines from 1565 - 1815 to trade with China. American silver was traded for Chinese silk and other goods, with some estimates saying that half of the silver of the Americas ended up in Ming China. [35] [36]

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