Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 3 May 2005, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $6.851 per troy ounce on 3 May 2005, up $0.011 (0.16%) from the previous close of $6.840.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 16.56% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-04-06.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $6.016, making this a +13.88% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $6.85 per troy ounce on 3 May 2005. That is $0.01 higher than the previous close of $6.84, a move of 0.16%.
The silver price rose on 3 May 2005, gaining $0.01 (0.16%) against the previous session's close of $6.84.
At $6.85 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.22 on 3 May 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.3 on 3 May 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 3 May 2005, silver was around $7.25 per troy ounce, so the close of $6.85 is a loss of 5.5% over the week.
A year before 3 May 2005, silver was around $6.02 per troy ounce. The close of $6.85 therefore represents a rise of 13.9% over twelve months.
It closed 16.56% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-04-06.