Distance from the record
This close sat 59.10% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 12 August 2014, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $19.87 per troy ounce on 12 August 2014, down $0.190 (0.95%) from the previous close of $20.06.
This close sat 59.10% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $21.33, making this a -6.85% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $19.87 per troy ounce on 12 August 2014. That is $0.19 lower than the previous close of $20.06, a move of -0.95%.
The silver price fell on 12 August 2014, losing $0.19 (0.95%) against the previous session's close of $20.06.
At $19.87 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.64 on 12 August 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.9 on 12 August 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.9 ounces of silver.
A month before 12 August 2014, silver was around $21.41 per troy ounce, so the close of $19.87 is a loss of 7.2% over the month.
It closed 59.10% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.