In honor of the end of the one of the most infamous price manipulation cartels in precious metal history - the London silver fix - below we present (pdf [3]) the full history of the london silver market, from 1600 all the way until the year 2000. There is just one more event to add to the timeline: 2014 - the end of the silver fixing cartel (and its replacement with the BIS manipulation cartel?)
h/t @maxharpic [4] [4]