Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 12 August 2002, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 2 August 2002
Silver closed at $4.590 per troy ounce on 12 August 2002, down $0.077 (1.65%) from the previous close of $4.667.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 10.23% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.135, making this a +11.00% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $4.59 per troy ounce on 12 August 2002. That is $0.08 lower than the previous close of $4.67, a move of -1.65%.
The silver price fell on 12 August 2002, losing $0.08 (1.65%) against the previous session's close of $4.67.
At $4.59 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 12 August 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 68.4 on 12 August 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 68.4 ounces of silver.
A month before 12 August 2002, silver was around $5.05 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.59 is a loss of 9.0% over the month.
It closed 10.23% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.