Distance from the record
This close sat 9.84% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 6 August 2002, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $4.610 per troy ounce on 6 August 2002, down $0.020 (0.43%) from the previous close of $4.630.
This close sat 9.84% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $4.178, making this a +10.34% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $4.61 per troy ounce on 6 August 2002. That is $0.02 lower than the previous close of $4.63, a move of -0.43%.
The silver price fell on 6 August 2002, losing $0.02 (0.43%) against the previous session's close of $4.63.
At $4.61 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.15 on 6 August 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.3 on 6 August 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.3 ounces of silver.
A month before 6 August 2002, silver was around $4.93 per troy ounce, so the close of $4.61 is a loss of 6.6% over the month.
It closed 9.84% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.