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Silver Price Nears $79 For First Time Amid Record-Breaking Surge
Forbes ^ | Dec 26, 2025, 03:51pm EST | Conor Murray, Forbes Staff.

Posted on 12/26/2025 7:21:34 PM PST by chud

The price of silver is about $78.65 as of Friday—a new high—according to the New York Commodity Exchange.

Silver’s price surge has outpaced gold, though the more expensive metal’s price rose just over 1.2% to hit a high of $4,562.70 on Friday.

(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: bubble; dollardebasement; inflation; silver

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Correction by me: The article is 6 hours old, and Silver's spot price is currently above $79: $79.27 (Bid) or $79.39 (Ask).

For perspective, a pre-1965 Quarter is now worth $14 and change.

1 posted on 12/26/2025 7:21:34 PM PST by chud
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To: All

If only I had bought silver when it was cheap.


2 posted on 12/26/2025 7:33:21 PM PST by BipolarBob (These violent delights have violent ends.)
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To: chud

I got lucky and bought a set of 8 sterling (92.5%) silver flatware for $30 in about late September for $30. The net meltable silver was 75 ounces.

In September, it was worth $2,500 in melt value.

Today, it is worth $5,925.

Wow!


3 posted on 12/26/2025 7:34:25 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Deport all evil muslims. Celebrate any good Muslims, if you can find them.)
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To: chud

Cannot continue at this pace
It will fall back to below 50 soon. I could be wrong.


4 posted on 12/26/2025 7:42:47 PM PST by Fungi
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To: BipolarBob

It is “cheap”, right now.

Consider, with inflation, $50 silver in 1980 is $200/ounce today.

Ergo, silver today, just shy of $80/oz, is severely undervalued, priced in fiat.

Also, remember, it’s not that silver is increasing in value. Silver’s value is rock steady. It’s the fiat dollar that is wasting away.


5 posted on 12/26/2025 8:15:03 PM PST by C210N
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To: Fungi

That thinking is what is holding back so many from trading worthless fiat green-inked TP for real money, while they still can.


6 posted on 12/26/2025 8:16:00 PM PST by C210N
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To: Fungi

Its supposed to be $250 by July. Color me and Mr. GG2 happy. We’re giddy at $79.


7 posted on 12/26/2025 8:21:32 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: BipolarBob
I don't see much of a reason why it should go down. Big shortages going on for years, lower mine product, and ever increasing demand. The bullion banks couldn't hold it down this time and who knows how much money they lost trying to short it back into submission. Now some big copper mines are closing that they are a big source of silver as well.

It's easy to verify all of this on AI nowadays.


8 posted on 12/26/2025 8:25:34 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: C210N

So, mortgage the trailer and put it all in silver?


9 posted on 12/26/2025 8:26:32 PM PST by BipolarBob (These violent delights have violent ends.)
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To: C210N

> Silver’s value is rock steady.

Industrial demand strongly affects the silver price.


10 posted on 12/26/2025 8:26:41 PM PST by old-ager
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To: Georgia Girl 2

I am on record saying that $250 is not going to happen, at least not in the next 10 years.

much more likely is that it will peak just shy of 100 and then fall off a cliff and $35 here we come.


11 posted on 12/26/2025 8:26:55 PM PST by algore
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To: C210N
It is “cheap”, right now.

Consider, with inflation, $50 silver in 1980 is $200/ounce today.

Ergo, silver today, just shy of $80/oz, is severely undervalued, priced in fiat.

Agreed.
The price action this week alone has been crazy, it's like a rocket ship.
When you consider that we are at nominal highs, and NOT inflation-adjusted highs, there is still a lot of room here for the price to go up.


12 posted on 12/26/2025 8:34:35 PM PST by chud
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To: algore

Well I have never been a big silver girl. I’m all about gold. But things are changing and the dynamics appear to be in place for silver to soar. Fortunately Mr. GG2 has always had faith in silver as well as gold. I always said it would never go over $45.


13 posted on 12/26/2025 8:38:30 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: chud
Here's chart showing the silver price vs dollars in circulation in 1980 and todays silver price vs all the additional inflated dollars of today. "We've only just begun"


14 posted on 12/26/2025 8:47:20 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: Georgia Girl 2

I bought 500 oz at $17 ten years ago - my brother thinks I’m crazy if I don’t sell at these prices.

In fact, he’s picking me up for breakfast and dragging me to a dealer tomorrow AM - it’s like a family intervention!

Call me crazy but I think I’m going to hold onto it a bit longer.


15 posted on 12/26/2025 8:53:37 PM PST by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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To: enumerated

I fear for their lives if you sell now :)


16 posted on 12/26/2025 8:58:14 PM PST by Karl Spooner
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To: Karl Spooner

😎don’t worry - my family is safe and so is my silver hoard


17 posted on 12/26/2025 9:06:50 PM PST by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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To: chud

Silver hit $50 during the Hunt brothers era. That was worth lot more than $79.


18 posted on 12/26/2025 9:09:54 PM PST by Bobbyvotes (Work is worship! .... Bhagavad Geetald )
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To: enumerated
In fact, he’s picking me up for breakfast and dragging me to a dealer tomorrow AM - it’s like a family intervention!

I have a friend in a similar situation. His wife was against him buying silver, but now she admits it was a smart move and is relentlessly pestering him to sell.

Whatever you do, don't sell it all.
You could sell a little, then sell a little more with every five dollars that it goes up.

Me...I'm not selling.


19 posted on 12/26/2025 10:00:44 PM PST by chud
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To: old-ager

I said value is rock steady. Price is an artificial fiat value set by banksters as they short paper silver.


20 posted on 12/26/2025 10:18:49 PM PST by C210N
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