Is Silver on the Brink of a Major Move?

Silver (or ‘Argentum’ in Latin) has been a prized metal since antiquity.

Though too brittle to forge swords or armor, its luster and rarity made it a prized medium of exchange.

Powerful empires from Ancient Rome to Imperial Spain couldn’t mine enough of it.

Silver coins became the unit of account in many important currencies: the Greek Drachma; the Roman Denarius, the Islamic Dirham and the Spanish dólar.