Price History

Yearly Average Price of Silver Since 1950

In order to fully understand how silver came to be where it is today, and where it might be going, it is useful to review silver market trends since the 1950s. By looking at the larger trends that have swept silver supply, demand, and prices upward and downward since 1950, a much fuller understanding emerges of where silver stands today.

Select from one of the following narratives adapted, in part, from The Silver Institute's annual World Silver Survey publications:

1950 to 1960 | 1960 to 1965 | 1966 to 1970 | 1971 to 1978 | 1979 to 1980 | 1981 to 1990 | 1990 to 1999 |
2000 to Present

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