Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 19 August 2013, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $23.16 per troy ounce on 19 August 2013, down $0.156 (0.67%) from the previous close of $23.32.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 52.33% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $28.00, making this a -17.27% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $23.16 per troy ounce on 19 August 2013. That is $0.16 lower than the previous close of $23.32, a move of -0.67%.
The silver price fell on 19 August 2013, losing $0.16 (0.67%) against the previous session's close of $23.32.
At $23.16 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.74 on 19 August 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.0 on 19 August 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 19 August 2013, silver was around $21.33 per troy ounce, so the close of $23.16 is a gain of 8.6% over the week.
A month before 19 August 2013, silver was around $19.45 per troy ounce, so the close of $23.16 is a gain of 19.1% over the month.
A year before 19 August 2013, silver was around $28.00 per troy ounce. The close of $23.16 therefore represents a fall of 17.3% over twelve months.
It closed 52.33% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.