Here's how much a $1,000 investment in Silver in 1999 is now worth

While only being the eighth most valuable asset on Earth, and the second commodity by market cap, silver is, unlike gold which has – apart from being shiny – for most of history been utterly useless – a true jack of all trades.Still, along with being used in fields as diverse as medicine, water treatment, textile manufacturing, and electronics, silver shares one trait with the world’s foremost precious metal – it has been used as a store of value for many centuries.Additionally, silver is one of the favored ...