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The Silver Mania

An Exposé of the Causes of High Price Volatility of Silver

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  • © 1984

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  1. W. J. Streeter

    1. Chemco Europe, Soest, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Silver Money: The History of Silver

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Early Uses

      • W. J. Streeter
      Pages 3-8

    3. The Period of Exploration of America

      • W. J. Streeter
      Pages 9-19

    4. The Effect of the Industrial Revolution on Monetary Systems

      • W. J. Streeter
      Pages 20-23

    5. Legislated Silver Price

      • W. J. Streeter
      Pages 24-39

  3. Precious Metals

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. All Metals are Precious

      • W. J. Streeter
      Pages 43-43

    3. There are No Precious Metals

      • W. J. Streeter
      Pages 44-47

    4. Low Mine Output Metals

      • W. J. Streeter
      Pages 48-53

    5. Gold and its Relationship with Silver

      • W. J. Streeter
      Pages 54-77

  4. Silver Supply

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Silver Mine Output

      • W. J. Streeter
      Pages 81-95

    3. Secondary Silver

      • W. J. Streeter
      Pages 96-113

  5. Silver Usage

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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    2. Use Versus Consumption

      • W. J. Streeter
      Pages 117-119

    3. Industrial Usage

      • W. J. Streeter
      Pages 120-132

  6. Photographic Silver

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. The Photographic Industry

      • W. J. Streeter
      Pages 135-140

    3. Color Photography

      • W. J. Streeter
      Pages 141-144
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About this book

This is a definitive study of the phenomenon known as Silver Mania. The conclusions can all be stated in a few pages but the underlying facts are carefully presented to provide a basic under­ standing and to substantiate the conclusions. Most of those afflicted with silver mania are undaunted by facts; they don't want to be persuaded of the reality of things. Speculators do not learn from history, so this study is not for them. It is for the masses who have been innocent victims of silver mania, and who are able in a democratic society to correct injustices. Silver and gold and copper have a chemical as well as historical relationship. Both silver and gold were scarce until the discovery of silver in the Americas in the 1500's, and the scarcity ratio from pre-1500 is cited by silver bulls as a 'natural price relationship'. During the period that silver was becoming overly abundant it also came into wide usage as a monetary standard and this led to inflation. This was solved by demonetizing silver and the world was thus oversupplied with an attractive metal that was useful only for jewelry and tableware. Silver mines in the United States were the major source of newly-mined silver in the world and the mine operators were able to lobby successfully for legislation to support the price of their product until industrial use started increasing during the 1950's.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Chemco Europe, Soest, The Netherlands

    W. J. Streeter

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Silver Mania

  • Book Subtitle: An Exposé of the Causes of High Price Volatility of Silver

  • Authors: W. J. Streeter

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6435-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-6437-2Published: 08 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-6435-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 254

  • Topics: Economics, general, Business and Management, general

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