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  • Precious metal price takes largest tumble in history on ‘Silver Thursday’ [March 27, 1980]

    03/27/2016 10:17:09 AM PDT · by smokingfrog · 18 replies
    Coin World ^ | 3-27-16 | Jeff Starck
    For the first few months of 1980, the silver market had been slipping as newly enacted rules began tightening their grip on the Hunt Brothers’ silver scheme. On March 27 (known as “Silver Thursday”), silver opened at $15.80 and closed at $10.80 as the Hunt Brothers reportedly initiated a massive sell-off of silver and contracts to meet their obligations. Commodities and the futures market crashed on these reports, but rallied somewhat, bringing silver to $12 an ounce within a few days. But the futures contracts owned by the Hunts were predicated on silver at $35 an ounce. What had been...