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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. [111] This price is determined by several major international banks and is used by London bullion market members for trading that day.
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.
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.
Silver Center J-1 Pattern United States Norweb Heritage Auctions: August 2014 $1,980,000 1874 Bickford $10 Pattern PR-65+ United States Simpson Heritage Auctions January 2022 $1,897,500 1927 $20 United States Morse Heritage Auctions: November 2005 $1,880,000 1804 Class III Silver Dollar United States Berg, Garrett Stack's Bowers: August 2014
The colonies lacked an assay office during this time (the first would be established in 1814), so American silversmiths adhered to the standard set by the London Goldsmiths Company: sterling silver consisted of 91.5–92.5% by weight silver and 8.5–7.5 wt% copper. [12]
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