Silver Price API - Live AG Spot Quotes & Historical Data | Metal Sentinel

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Silver Price API

Live AG spot quotes, historical OHLC and conversions into 180+ currencies from one REST endpoint, with sub-second responses and a free tier on RapidAPI.

Silver price today: 50.35 USD per troy ounce (+1.22, +2.48%)

Day high
50.64
Day low
49.01
Bid / ask
50.22 / 50.47
Updated
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Live Response · try any currency

GET /api/metal-quote?symbol=AG&currency=USD
$ curl "https://metal-sentinel.p.rapidapi.com/api/metal-quote?symbol=AG&currency=USD" \
-H "x-rapidapi-host: metal-sentinel.p.rapidapi.com" \
-H "x-rapidapi-key: your_key"
currency
200 OK · application/json
{
"ID": 1793603253,
"results": [
{
}
]
}

Silver price by fineness

Fineness prices from the live quote

Fineness Purity Per troy ounce Per gram
999 99.9% silver 50.30 1.617
958 95.8% silver 48.23 1.551
925 92.5% silver 46.57 1.497
900 90.0% silver 45.31 1.457
800 80.0% silver 40.28 1.295

Calculated from the live mid price of 50.35 USD per ounce. Pure metal value only; refining, fabrication and dealer margins are not included.

Today's session

USD per ounce, from the same quote as the table above.

49.01 50.35 50.64
Day low Mid now Day high
Day high
50.64
Day low
49.01
Bid
50.22
Ask
50.47
Change
+1.22
Change %
+2.48%

Sample response

What the endpoint returns

GET /api/silver-price?currency=USD 
{
    "ID": 1793603253,
    "results": [
        {
            "symbol": "AG",
            "currency": "USD",
            "ask": 50.47,
            "mid": 50.35,
            "bid": 50.22,
            "high": 50.64,
            "low": 49.01,
            "open": 0,
            "close": 0,
            "timestamp": 1793603220,
            "change": 1.22,
            "changePercentage": 2.48,
            "unit": "OUNCE",
            "originalTime": "2026-11-02T02:06:59.833Z",
            "fineness_prices": {
                "999": 50.3,
                "958": 48.23,
                "925": 46.57,
                "900": 45.31,
                "800": 40.28
            }
        }
    ]
}

Prices are per ounce in the requested currency. timestamp is Unix seconds. See the OpenAPI spec for every field.

What moves the silver price

The silver price is the US dollar value of one troy ounce of 999 fine silver for immediate delivery. Silver is both a monetary metal and an industrial input, which is why it moves further than gold in both directions. Metal Sentinel returns the live spot quote, the day range and the price at common fineness grades.

  1. Industrial demand

    Roughly half of annual silver consumption is industrial, led by solar photovoltaic cells, electronics and brazing alloys. Solar installation forecasts now move the price as much as investment flows do.

    Solar installations grow silver rises

  2. The gold-silver ratio

    Traders watch how many ounces of silver buy one ounce of gold. When the ratio stretches far above its long-run range, silver tends to catch up quickly, which is where its sharp rallies come from.

    The gold-silver ratio stretches silver rises

  3. By-product supply

    Most mined silver is a by-product of copper, lead, zinc and gold mining, so supply barely responds to the silver price itself. Deficits can persist for years.

    Mines cannot add supply silver rises

  4. Investor positioning

    Coins, bars and exchange-traded funds absorb a large share of supply in some years and release it in others. Futures positioning on COMEX amplifies short-term swings.

    Investors pile in silver rises

About Silver

What is Ag?

Silver is a precious metal with the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any element. Roughly half of annual demand comes from industry (electronics, solar panels, and brazing alloys), and the rest goes to jewellery, silverware, and investment. Daily auctions in London set the global benchmark, and most futures volume trades on COMEX.

Where Silver is used

Real-world demand

Solar photovoltaic cells
Electrical contacts
Investment coins & bars
Jewellery & flatware
Antimicrobial coatings

Silver market news

All silver articles
Silver price forecast, Nov. 2-6, 2026: Silver below $50 for first time since November 2025

Nov 01, 2026 /Silver

Silver price forecast, Nov. 2-6, 2026: Silver below $50 for first time since November 2025

Spot silver fell below $50 an ounce on Friday, Oct. 30, for the first time since November 2025. It goes into the week of Nov.
  1. Silver falls 5.4% to lowest close since November 2025 as it leads metals sell-off: Oct. 19-23, 2026 recap Silver falls 5.4% to lowest close since November 2025 as liquidity squeeze hits metalsSilver fell about 5.4% last week and closed near
  2. Silver falls 4.8% to $64.91 as Fed signals another hike and oil drops below $80: June 2026 recap Spot silver fell about 4.8% in the week ending Friday, June 19, 2026, closing at $64.91 an ounce.
  3. Silver rises 11% to $81.86 in week of May 4-8, 2026, outpacing gold as Silver Institute projects record deficit Silver rose about 11.3% in the week of May 4-8, 2026, from about $73.50 an ounce on Monday to a high of $81.86 on Friday morning, outpacing
  4. Unprecedented Volatility: Analyzing Gold and Silver Prices in Mid-April 2026 The precious metals market has been nothing short of historic over the past few days.

Why Metal Sentinel

Built for teams shipping Silver pricing.

One API for live spot quotes, history and conversions, built for production apps.

< 1s

avg response

Trading-grade latency

Live silver spot quotes from primary market data feeds, delivered in under a second on average. Fast enough for dashboards, OMS hooks, and other price-sensitive workflows.

180+

fiat & crypto

Quote in any currency

Pass a currency code to get silver priced in any of 180+ fiat currencies or 90+ crypto tokens, without wiring up a separate FX feed.

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10+

metals

One API, every metal

Gold, silver, platinum, palladium, rhodium, copper, nickel, aluminum, lead, and zinc, all with the same authentication and response shape.

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OHLC

historical

History + conversions

The same API also returns historical OHLC candles, FX conversions, and market status.

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Silver price questions

Questions people ask before they wire the silver price into a product.

Why is silver more volatile than gold?

The silver market is a fraction of the size of the gold market, and about half of demand is tied to the industrial cycle. Smaller flows of money produce larger price moves, and economic news hits silver from two directions at once.

What does sterling or 925 silver mean?

Fineness is the silver content in parts per thousand. Sterling is 925, meaning 92.5 percent silver, usually alloyed with copper for hardness. Investment bars and coins are 999 fine.

How are the fineness prices calculated?

The /api/silver-price endpoint multiplies the live mid price by the fineness: 999, 958 (Britannia), 925 (sterling), 900 (coin silver) and 800.