Distance from the record
This close sat 10.48% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 13 August 2002, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 1 August 2002
Silver closed at $4.577 per troy ounce on 13 August 2002, down $0.013 (0.28%) from the previous close of $4.590.
This close sat 10.48% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.136, making this a +10.66% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.58 per troy ounce on 13 August 2002. That is $0.01 lower than the previous close of $4.59, a move of -0.28%.
The silver price fell on 13 August 2002, losing $0.01 (0.28%) against the previous session's close of $4.59.
At $4.58 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 13 August 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 68.6 on 13 August 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 68.6 ounces of silver.
A month before 13 August 2002, silver was around $5.05 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.58 is a loss of 9.3% over the month.
It closed 10.48% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.