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At a wholesale level, the London OTC (over-the-counter) market, working with the Bank of England, has historically been the centre of the gold trade for perhaps the past 350 years, today comprising approximately 70% of global notional trading volume.
New York futures trading handles perhaps 15% (or more), Shanghai 5% (or more), leaving currently less than 10% to be traded in Dubai, India, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong.
| Gold Prices per Ounce - Historical Annual Data Gold Prices Based on www.macrotrends.net |
|---|
| Year ▲▼ | Average Closing Price |
Year Open | Year High | Year Low | Year Close | Annual % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $1,801.87 | $1,800.10 | $2,043.30 | $1,626.65 | $1,824.32 | -0.23% |
| 2021 | $1,798.89 | $1,946.60 | $1,954.40 | $1,678.00 | $1,828.60 | -3.51% |
| 2020 | $1,773.73 | $1,520.55 | $2,058.40 | $1,472.35 | $1,895.10 | 24.43% |
| 2019 | $1,393.34 | $1,287.20 | $1,542.60 | $1,270.05 | $1,523.00 | 18.83% |
| 2018 | $1,268.93 | $1,312.80 | $1,360.25 | $1,176.70 | $1,281.65 | -1.15% |
| 2017 | $1,260.39 | $1,162.00 | $1,351.20 | $1,162.00 | $1,296.50 | 12.57% |
| 2016 | $1,251.92 | $1,075.20 | $1,372.60 | $1,073.60 | $1,151.70 | 8.63% |
| 2015 | $1,158.86 | $1,184.25 | $1,298.00 | $1,049.60 | $1,060.20 | -11.59% |
| 2014 | $1,266.06 | $1,219.75 | $1,379.00 | $1,144.50 | $1,199.25 | -0.19% |
| 2013 | $1,409.51 | $1,681.50 | $1,692.50 | $1,192.75 | $1,201.50 | -27.79% |
| 2012 | $1,668.86 | $1,590.00 | $1,790.00 | $1,537.50 | $1,664.00 | 5.68% |
| 2011 | $1,573.16 | $1,405.50 | $1,896.50 | $1,316.00 | $1,574.50 | 11.65% |
| 2010 | $1,226.66 | $1,113.00 | $1,426.00 | $1,052.25 | $1,410.25 | 27.74% |
| 2009 | $973.66 | $869.75 | $1,218.25 | $813.00 | $1,104.00 | 27.63% |
| 2008 | $872.37 | $840.75 | $1,023.50 | $692.50 | $865.00 | 3.41% |
| 2007 | $696.43 | $640.75 | $841.75 | $608.30 | $836.50 | 31.59% |
| 2006 | $604.34 | $520.75 | $725.75 | $520.75 | $635.70 | 23.92% |
| 2005 | $444.99 | $426.80 | $537.50 | $411.50 | $513.00 | 17.12% |
| 2004 | $409.53 | $415.20 | $455.75 | $373.50 | $438.00 | 4.97% |
| 2003 | $363.83 | $342.20 | $417.25 | $319.75 | $417.25 | 21.74% |
| 2002 | $310.08 | $278.10 | $348.50 | $277.80 | $342.75 | 23.96% |
| 2001 | $271.19 | $272.80 | $292.85 | $256.70 | $276.50 | 1.41% |
| 2000 | $279.29 | $282.05 | $316.60 | $263.80 | $272.65 | -6.26% |
| 1999 | $278.86 | $288.25 | $326.25 | $252.90 | $290.85 | 1.18% |
| 1998 | $294.12 | $287.70 | $314.60 | $273.40 | $287.45 | -0.61% |
| 1997 | $331.00 | $367.80 | $367.80 | $283.05 | $289.20 | -21.74% |
| 1996 | $387.73 | $387.10 | $416.25 | $368.30 | $369.55 | -4.43% |
| 1995 | $384.07 | $381.40 | $396.95 | $372.45 | $386.70 | 1.10% |
| 1994 | $384.16 | $395.00 | $397.50 | $370.25 | $382.50 | -2.09% |
| 1993 | $360.05 | $329.40 | $406.70 | $326.50 | $390.65 | 17.35% |
| 1992 | $343.87 | $351.20 | $359.30 | $330.20 | $332.90 | -5.80% |
| 1991 | $362.34 | $392.50 | $403.70 | $343.50 | $353.40 | -9.62% |
| 1990 | $383.73 | $401.65 | $421.40 | $346.75 | $391.00 | -2.49% |
| 1989 | $381.27 | $413.60 | $417.15 | $358.10 | $401.00 | -2.23% |
| 1988 | $436.78 | $484.10 | $485.30 | $389.05 | $410.15 | -15.69% |
| 1987 | $446.84 | $402.40 | $502.75 | $392.60 | $486.50 | 24.46% |
| 1986 | $368.20 | $327.10 | $442.75 | $326.00 | $390.90 | 19.54% |
| 1985 | $317.42 | $306.25 | $339.30 | $285.00 | $327.00 | 5.83% |
| 1984 | $360.65 | $384.00 | $406.85 | $303.25 | $309.00 | -19.00% |
| 1983 | $423.71 | $452.75 | $511.50 | $374.75 | $381.50 | -14.84% |
| 1982 | $376.11 | $399.00 | $488.50 | $297.00 | $448.00 | 12.00% |
| 1981 | $459.16 | $592.00 | $599.25 | $391.75 | $400.00 | -32.15% |
| 1980 | $614.75 | $559.00 | $843.00 | $474.00 | $589.50 | 12.50% |
| 1979 | $307.01 | $227.15 | $524.00 | $216.55 | $524.00 | 133.41% |
| 1978 | $193.57 | $168.60 | $243.65 | $166.30 | $224.50 | 35.57% |
| 1977 | $147.84 | $136.10 | $168.15 | $129.40 | $165.60 | 23.08% |
| 1976 | $124.80 | $140.35 | $140.35 | $103.05 | $134.55 | -4.06% |
| 1975 | $160.87 | $185.00 | $186.25 | $128.75 | $140.25 | -25.20% |
| 1974 | $158.76 | $114.75 | $197.50 | $114.75 | $187.50 | 67.04% |
| 1973 | $97.12 | $64.99 | $127.00 | $64.10 | $112.25 | 73.49% |
| 1972 | $58.17 | $43.73 | $70.00 | $43.73 | $64.70 | 48.74% |
| 1971 | $40.80 | $37.33 | $43.90 | $37.33 | $43.50 | 16.37% |
| 1970 | $35.96 | $35.13 | $39.19 | $34.78 | $37.38 | 6.16% |
| 1969 | $41.10 | $41.80 | $43.75 | $35.20 | $35.21 | -16.07% |
| 1968 | $38.69 | $35.50 | $41.95 | $35.50 | $41.95 | 18.17% |
| 1967 | $34.95 | $35.40 | $35.50 | $34.95 | $35.50 | 0.28% |
| 1966 | $35.13 | $35.50 | $35.50 | $35.00 | $35.40 | -0.28% |
| 1965 | $35.12 | $35.35 | $35.50 | $35.00 | $35.50 | 0.42% |
Following the US Civil War, when the price of silver bullion soared to $2.94 in 1864 and remained historically high for over a decade, in 1873 Congress omitted the silver dollar from its list of authorized coins. Click here for a more detailed report, covering this period 1792 - 1971.
Extract from www.silverinstitute.org
By 1966 the Treasury's program of eliminating silver from coinage was in place. The Treasury continued to use some silver in coins from then until 1969, but the annual average during those four years 1966-1969 was 38.5 million ounces, down from 178 million ounces per year on average during the previous four years. Austria, France, and West Germany continued to use silver in some circulating coins until the late 1970s.
Investors remained keenly interested in silver, absorbing around 620.5 million ounces of silver from 1964 through 1970. Interestingly, the price of silver rose from $1.29 in 1966 to a peak of $2.57 in 1968, before falling back. The rise and fall in silver prices was coincidental with the volume of these investor purchases: then as investor demand decreased over the next three years, prices softened commensurately.
But precious metal coins were hoarded from 1967 as the Treasury ended its efforts to keep silver prices low.
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 (also known as the Hunt Brothers) to corner the silver market. A subsequent steep fall in silver prices led to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.
| Silver Prices per Ounce - Historical Annual Data
Silver Prices Based on www.macrotrends.net |
|---|
| Year ▲▼ | Average Closing Price |
Year Open | Year High | Year Low | Year Close | Annual % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $21.76 | $22.81 | $26.90 | $17.83 | $23.96 | 2.64% |
| 2021 | $25.14 | $27.36 | $29.42 | $21.49 | $23.35 | -11.55% |
| 2020 | $20.69 | $18.05 | $29.26 | $11.77 | $26.40 | 47.44% |
| 2019 | $16.22 | $15.65 | $19.55 | $14.32 | $17.90 | 15.36% |
| 2018 | $15.71 | $17.21 | $17.62 | $13.98 | $15.52 | -9.40% |
| 2017 | $17.07 | $16.41 | $18.51 | $15.43 | $17.13 | 7.12% |
| 2016 | $17.17 | $13.84 | $20.70 | $13.75 | $15.99 | 15.86% |
| 2015 | $15.66 | $15.71 | $18.23 | $13.70 | $13.80 | -13.59% |
| 2014 | $19.07 | $19.94 | $22.05 | $15.28 | $15.97 | -18.10% |
| 2013 | $23.79 | $30.87 | $32.23 | $18.61 | $19.50 | -34.89% |
| 2012 | $31.15 | $28.78 | $37.23 | $26.67 | $29.95 | 6.28% |
| 2011 | $35.12 | $30.67 | $48.70 | $26.16 | $28.18 | -8.00% |
| 2010 | $20.19 | $17.17 | $30.70 | $15.14 | $30.63 | 80.28% |
| 2009 | $14.67 | $11.08 | $19.18 | $10.51 | $16.99 | 57.46% |
| 2008 | $14.99 | $14.93 | $20.92 | $8.88 | $10.79 | -26.90% |
| 2007 | $13.38 | $13.01 | $15.82 | $11.67 | $14.76 | 14.42% |
| 2006 | $11.55 | $9.04 | $14.94 | $8.83 | $12.90 | 46.09% |
| 2005 | $7.31 | $6.39 | $9.23 | $6.39 | $8.83 | 29.47% |
| 2004 | $6.66 | $5.99 | $8.29 | $5.50 | $6.82 | 14.24% |
| 2003 | $4.88 | $4.74 | $5.97 | $4.37 | $5.97 | 27.84% |
| 2002 | $4.60 | $4.59 | $5.10 | $4.24 | $4.67 | 3.32% |
| 2001 | $4.37 | $4.59 | $4.82 | $4.07 | $4.52 | -1.31% |
| 2000 | $4.95 | $5.30 | $5.45 | $4.57 | $4.58 | -14.07% |
| 1999 | $5.22 | $5.00 | $5.75 | $4.88 | $5.33 | 6.39% |
| 1998 | $5.54 | $5.94 | $7.81 | $4.69 | $5.01 | -16.50% |
| 1997 | $4.90 | $4.77 | $6.27 | $4.22 | $6.00 | 25.00% |
| 1996 | $5.20 | $5.17 | $5.83 | $4.71 | $4.80 | -6.61% |
| 1995 | $5.20 | $4.84 | $6.04 | $4.42 | $5.14 | 5.98% |
| 1994 | $5.29 | $5.28 | $5.75 | $4.64 | $4.85 | -5.27% |
| 1993 | $4.31 | $3.66 | $5.42 | $3.56 | $5.12 | 39.51% |
| 1992 | $3.95 | $3.87 | $4.34 | $3.65 | $3.67 | -4.92% |
| 1991 | $4.06 | $4.16 | $4.57 | $3.55 | $3.86 | -7.88% |
| 1990 | $4.83 | $5.21 | $5.36 | $3.95 | $4.19 | -19.73% |
| 1989 | $5.50 | $6.07 | $6.21 | $5.05 | $5.22 | -13.72% |
| 1988 | $6.53 | $6.64 | $7.82 | $6.05 | $6.05 | -9.70% |
| 1987 | $7.02 | $5.36 | $10.93 | $5.36 | $6.70 | 26.89% |
| 1986 | $5.47 | $5.81 | $6.31 | $4.85 | $5.28 | -8.97% |
| 1985 | $6.13 | $6.25 | $6.75 | $5.45 | $5.80 | -7.79% |
| 1984 | $8.15 | $8.96 | $10.11 | $6.22 | $6.29 | -29.41% |
| 1983 | $11.42 | $11.07 | $14.67 | $7.54 | $8.91 | -18.03% |
| 1982 | $7.92 | $8.06 | $11.11 | $4.90 | $10.87 | 33.37% |
| 1981 | $10.49 | $15.80 | $16.30 | $8.03 | $8.15 | -47.42% |
| 1980 | $20.98 | $39.95 | $49.45 | $10.89 | $15.50 | -51.86% |
| 1979 | $11.07 | $6.08 | $32.20 | $5.94 | $32.20 | 434.88% |
| 1978 | $5.42 | $4.87 | $6.26 | $4.82 | $6.02 | 26.47% |
| 1977 | $4.64 | $4.43 | $4.98 | $4.31 | $4.76 | 9.17% |
| 1976 | $4.35 | $4.16 | $5.08 | $3.83 | $4.36 | 4.31% |
| 1975 | $4.43 | $4.44 | $5.21 | $3.93 | $4.18 | -6.49% |
| 1974 | $4.67 | $3.28 | $6.76 | $3.27 | $4.47 | 37.12% |
| 1973 | $2.55 | $2.04 | $3.26 | $1.96 | $3.26 | 60.59% |
| 1972 | $1.68 | $1.37 | $2.03 | $1.37 | $2.03 | 48.18% |
| 1971 | $1.54 | $1.65 | $1.75 | $1.27 | $1.37 | -15.95% |
| 1970 | $1.77 | $1.80 | $1.93 | $1.57 | $1.63 | -8.94% |
| 1969 | $1.80 | $1.96 | $2.04 | $1.56 | $1.79 | -8.21% |
| 1968 | $1.96 | $2.17 | $2.57 | $1.84 | $1.95 | -10.14% |
| 1967 | $2.06 | $1.31 | $2.17 | $1.29 | $2.17 | 63.16% |
| 1966 | $1.29 | $1.29 | $1.31 | $1.29 | $1.31 | 1.55% |
| 1965 | $1.29 | $1.29 | $1.29 | $1.29 | $1.29 | 0.00% |
| 1792 | $1.29 | $1.29 | $1.29 | $1.29 | $1.29 | 0.00% |
| 1601 | 62 English pennies |
| 1412 | 31 English pennies |
| 800 | 20 English pennies |
| 30 | 8 Roman denarii |
** End of List