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 2009, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $14.58 per troy ounce on 12 August 2009, up $0.240 (1.67%) from the previous close of $14.34.
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 29.52% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $14.46, making this a +0.80% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.58 per troy ounce on 12 August 2009. That is $0.24 higher than the previous close of $14.34, a move of 1.67%.
The silver price rose on 12 August 2009, gaining $0.24 (1.67%) against the previous session's close of $14.34.
At $14.58 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.47 on 12 August 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.2 on 12 August 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.2 ounces of silver.
A month before 12 August 2009, silver was around $12.64 per troy ounce, so the close of $14.58 is a gain of 15.4% over the month.
It closed 29.52% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.