Title: Price of Bar Silver for London, Great Britain Series ID: A04018GB00LONA286NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Annual Units: Dollars per Fine Ounce Date Range: 1833-01-01 to 1933-01-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-16 2:47 PM CDT Notes: Data Are Values Of A Fine Ounce At The Average Quotation. The Prices Are The Average Of Bar Silver In London, Per Ounce British Standard (.925 Fine), In Equivalent United States Gold Coin, Of An Ounce 1.000 Fine, Taken At The Average Price And Par Of Exchange. The London Price Is Given In Depreciated Currency After September 21, 1931. The United States Was Off The Gold Standard On And After April 19, 1933. Figure For 1933 Is For The 1932-33 Fiscal Year. Source: Annual Report Of The Directors Of The Mint, 1933, Pp.86-87. This NBER data series a04018 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 4 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter04.html. NBER Indicator: a04018 DATE VALUE 1833-01-01 1.297 1834-01-01 1.313 1835-01-01 1.308 1836-01-01 1.315 1837-01-01 1.305 1838-01-01 1.304 1839-01-01 1.323 1840-01-01 1.323 1841-01-01 1.316 1842-01-01 1.303 1843-01-01 1.297 1844-01-01 1.304 1845-01-01 1.298 1846-01-01 1.300 1847-01-01 1.308 1848-01-01 1.304 1849-01-01 1.309 1850-01-01 1.316 1851-01-01 1.337 1852-01-01 1.326 1853-01-01 1.348 1854-01-01 1.348 1855-01-01 1.344 1856-01-01 1.344 1857-01-01 1.353 1858-01-01 1.344 1859-01-01 1.360 1860-01-01 1.352 1861-01-01 1.333 1862-01-01 1.346 1863-01-01 1.345 1864-01-01 1.345 1865-01-01 1.338 1866-01-01 1.339 1867-01-01 1.328 1868-01-01 1.326 1869-01-01 1.325 1870-01-01 1.328 1871-01-01 1.326 1872-01-01 1.322 1873-01-01 1.298 1874-01-01 1.279 1875-01-01 1.242 1876-01-01 1.164 1877-01-01 1.202 1878-01-01 1.154 1879-01-01 1.124 1880-01-01 1.145 1881-01-01 1.132 1882-01-01 1.136 1883-01-01 1.109 1884-01-01 1.111 1885-01-01 1.065 1886-01-01 0.995 1887-01-01 0.979 1888-01-01 0.940 1889-01-01 0.935 1890-01-01 1.046 1891-01-01 0.988 1892-01-01 0.871 1893-01-01 0.780 1894-01-01 0.635 1895-01-01 0.654 1896-01-01 0.676 1897-01-01 0.604 1898-01-01 0.590 1899-01-01 0.602 1900-01-01 0.620 1901-01-01 0.596 1902-01-01 0.528 1903-01-01 0.543 1904-01-01 0.579 1905-01-01 0.610 1906-01-01 0.677 1907-01-01 0.662 1908-01-01 0.535 1909-01-01 0.520 1910-01-01 0.541 1911-01-01 0.539 1912-01-01 0.615 1913-01-01 0.605 1914-01-01 0.553 1915-01-01 0.519 1916-01-01 0.686 1917-01-01 0.895 1918-01-01 1.042 1919-01-01 1.250 1920-01-01 1.346 1921-01-01 0.805 1922-01-01 0.754 1923-01-01 0.700 1924-01-01 0.745 1925-01-01 0.703 1926-01-01 0.629 1927-01-01 0.571 1928-01-01 0.586 1929-01-01 0.536 1930-01-01 0.387 1931-01-01 0.320 1932-01-01 0.391 1933-01-01 0.391