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 26 August 2003, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.998 per troy ounce on 26 August 2003, up $0.010 (0.20%) from the previous close of $4.988.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 3.70% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2003-07-28.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.435, making this a +12.69% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $5.00 per troy ounce on 26 August 2003. That is $0.01 higher than the previous close of $4.99, a move of 0.20%.
The silver price rose on 26 August 2003, gaining $0.01 (0.20%) against the previous session's close of $4.99.
At $5.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.16 on 26 August 2003. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.2 on 26 August 2003, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.2 ounces of silver.
A year before 26 August 2003, silver was around $4.43 per troy ounce. The close of $5.00 therefore represents a rise of 12.7% over twelve months.
It closed 3.70% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2003-07-28.