The Historical Ratio of Gold to Silver

Gold has always been seen as the currency of royalty. It was what kings held onto in the past, and now it’s what central banks keep in their reserves. It’s stuck around through thick and thin. But silver? That’s a different story. It used to be the people’s currency, but nowadays, it seems like no one even remembers it... So, do you think there’s a chance for a comeback in people's interest toward silver? If fiat currencies come under fire, could we see a rise in silver demand? Or are we past the point where using metal coins makes sense? Any thoughts on what the future might hold? And what do you think is a good gold-to-silver ratio?

Silver is not a forgotten asset but people focus most on gold than silver. Silver remain a store of value just like gold as its price in the past is lower than its price today. Silver was around $23 last year but now the price is over $75. Another thing I want to address is that as the world go further, as young people grow, bitcoin will grow more and compete with gold because of how young generations like bitcoin. This it thread is not about bitcoin but it is worth to be mentioned along.

I believe that what's currently happening to the price of Silver, is probably the same to those forgotten shitcoins when they surge, and then they crash. It's simply the irrationality of the market when everyone is excited. It's mere FOMO.

You only mentioned the price of silver, but to make this post a bit better, it would have been helpful to indicate roughly how much silver cost at different times so that everyone could understand more easily. Anyway, small mistakes happen, and errors are understandable. In my opinion, the price of silver in the market moves up and down like other tokens. However, I would say that if you buy and hold silver, you could be profitable in the future—or you could face losses—because the price of silver fluctuates just like Bitcoin or other tokens. Here, the name Bitcoin is mentioned only as an example.

We currently live in an age of technology coupled with the current economy which has no uncertainty, so the comparison between historical average ratios is uncertain, today's government is much different from Roman times. Maybe in Roman times the average ratio between gold and silver could be said to be around 50-60, but if you look at the current ongoing economic crisis, of course investors will most likely run to gold, because silver is cheaper because market demand for silver is minimal. But who knows in the future, if it goes back to Roman times, there could be a historical ratio of 50-60, who knows when that happens, time will tell.

From my own perspective. Gold has always remained strong from past generations till date, banks still have trust in it because silver is seen as people's money but now it has been forgotten by many. If people really began to doubt fiat money then I think silver still has another chance because of it's value and it's cheap. But as it's daily money, you see mental coins are now too old for this modern and digital age . But you see gold it's firmly well known and solid, while silver can still regain it's value if the market turn out to be good.

Gold and silver have experienced a very significant increase from last year until now, of course it is a big question for most economists why this is happening, apart from inflation or depreciating fiat there are rumors that there may be big things in the near future such as crises or dangers that affect the global economy, maybe a little out of what is being talked about but in my opinion it is still related, throughout history, especially after the fiat came out of Gold or the value based on precious minerals, every time there will be a major crisis ems always experienced price increases in the previous time.

I respect your opinion, but if you buy Silver in the current price to HODL, then I believe that if it crashes it might take more years compared to Bitcoin's Bull/Bear Cycles before you could be profitable. Silver isn't like Bitcoin and its Four-Year-Cycle. Silver could be more unpredictable.

Your point makes sense. In my opinion, as time goes on, the price of gold or silver generally keeps increasing. A simple example: in 2020, the price of 1 bhori of gold was around 60,000–65,000 taka. Now in 2026, the price of gold has increased to approximately 220,000–226,000 taka. Although the price of gold fluctuated a lot in between, when we look at the overall picture, gold has increased significantly over the last five years. Using the same kind of calculation, we can assume that holding silver for the long term may also provide a decent amount of value in the future. However, it is best not to expect 100% guaranteed profit, because accepting both profit and loss and holding with that mindset is a better approach.

Although comparing silver to shitcoin is somewhat excessive, as silver is at least one of the metal with practical applications in industry. Unlike junk altcoin, these are just useless thing that will disappear after a while. But I agree with you that investing in silver is no different from investing in junk altcoins. Sooner or later, it will crash and people will no longer want to talk about it. I looked at the silver price chart and saw that it reached $50 in 1979 and it took 46 years to reach 78-$80 in 2025. I find it really hard to understand that many people would call it a potential investment.

Silver is not a forgotten asset, the mistake you made is comparing it with gold. They are not the same thing, assets move in their own pace. Gold wasn't appreciating this much until the fear of war and the de-dollarization agenda. China, Middle East countries, Central banks, rich countries and rich people started piling gold of late. This silver chart even shows that it appreciated more than gold between January 2023 and January 2026. I could read almost 4x ROI for investors. Gold didn't move that much. Did it? No future projection in sight, gold and silver will move in their own pace the same way they do now.

Silver is in an upward-only trajectory, based on speculation of squeezing out some market participants. I guess this will end badly for some: when those people (JPM and BofA, namely) will be squeezed out, the market will tank hard. Those who entered late will hurt themselves badly.

In my personal opinion, Gold - Absolutely, Silver - Perhaps. I believe we should wait after those market crash before we could say/project what's going to happen. Silver was never considered a good commodity to trade before its current surge.

I can somewhat understand the direction you are pointing to. Investors know that there can be profits here, but there can also be losses—and in most cases, losses are more common. The idea that once the squeeze is over the market will crash for a lifetime is wrong. When the squeeze ends, the market may fall for a short period of time, but because of this, only some investors will face losses.

It reached $38-40 in 1980. It reached $50 in 2011. The money supply 50 years ago is not the same as today's money supply. There was already a strong upward trend in silver, and I think it has now reached its rightful place... Moreover, I believe the gold-silver ratio touches on the reality beyond the deception of the dollar illusion...

because you do not understand it. I hit the 1979-1980 run up got in at 3 in 1975 I hit the 2011 run up in 2011 got in at 6 in 2006 I hit the 2025-2026 run up got in at 18-30 2021 to 2023 got out at 50-90 2025-2026 It is an easy market for me so far. I never went in at bad times. and every time I went in it at least 3x in under 5 years But I understand the collectibles angle of it vs the speculative angles btc is not so bad if I had applied same to btc for all the years I was in btc I would have made more than I did on btc. I did well on btc I did well on doge I did better with silver in that I hit the higher numbers better than doge to btc. I find crypto harder to do because I am old school and do not have as solid of a belief in crypto than silver or gold or copper. As I believe that silver gold and copper will always have some value just buy the dip and hodl. So that means buy copper at 4 if it drops there silver at 35 if it drops there gold at 2800 if it drops there of course you will need to wait until trump leaves office to see those prices.