Distance from the record
This close sat 19.41% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 13 August 2004, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $6.617 per troy ounce on 13 August 2004, up $0.068 (1.04%) from the previous close of $6.549.
This close sat 19.41% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $5.026, making this a +31.66% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $6.62 per troy ounce on 13 August 2004. That is $0.07 higher than the previous close of $6.55, a move of 1.04%.
The silver price rose on 13 August 2004, gaining $0.07 (1.04%) against the previous session's close of $6.55.
At $6.62 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.21 on 13 August 2004. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.3 on 13 August 2004, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 13 August 2004, silver was around $6.77 per troy ounce, so the close of $6.62 is a loss of 2.2% over the week.
A year before 13 August 2004, silver was around $5.03 per troy ounce. The close of $6.62 therefore represents a rise of 31.7% over twelve months.
It closed 19.41% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-04-06.