Distance from the record
This close sat 17.00% 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 19 August 2004, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $6.815 per troy ounce on 19 August 2004, down $0.015 (0.22%) from the previous close of $6.830.
This close sat 17.00% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.991, making this a +36.55% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $6.82 per troy ounce on 19 August 2004. That is $0.01 lower than the previous close of $6.83, a move of -0.22%.
The silver price fell on 19 August 2004, losing $0.01 (0.22%) against the previous session's close of $6.83.
At $6.82 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.22 on 19 August 2004. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.7 on 19 August 2004, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 19 August 2004, silver was around $6.55 per troy ounce, so the close of $6.82 is a gain of 4.1% over the week.
A year before 19 August 2004, silver was around $4.99 per troy ounce. The close of $6.82 therefore represents a rise of 36.5% over twelve months.
It closed 17.00% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-04-06.