Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 10 September 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 4 August 2008
Silver closed at $16.65 per troy ounce on 10 September 2009, up $0.207 (1.26%) from the previous close of $16.44.
Silver had not closed this high for about a year. Reclaiming a level after that long usually says more about the trend than the size of the day's move does.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 19.51% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $10.82, making this a +53.92% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.65 per troy ounce on 10 September 2009. That is $0.21 higher than the previous close of $16.44, a move of 1.26%.
The silver price rose on 10 September 2009, gaining $0.21 (1.26%) against the previous session's close of $16.44.
At $16.65 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.54 on 10 September 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.8 on 10 September 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 10 September 2009, silver was around $16.27 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.65 is a gain of 2.3% over the week.
A month before 10 September 2009, silver was around $14.35 per troy ounce, so the close of $16.65 is a gain of 16.0% over the month.
A year before 10 September 2009, silver was around $10.82 per troy ounce. The close of $16.65 therefore represents a rise of 53.9% over twelve months.
It closed 19.51% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.
The most recent higher close was about a year earlier — 275 trading sessions before this one.