Overview
Each request returns real-time silver prices calculated per gram, kilogram, and troy ounce, defaulting to USD with a timestamp and 24-hour price change. Paid plans can switch to any of 172 supported ISO currencies, retrieve 24-hour percentage changes, or pass an hourly flag to receive 24 historical hourly price points.
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Formula
One function covers the whole catalog: the first argument names the source, the rest are its inputs, and the "field" pair says which single value lands in the cell. Formulas covers the grammar that applies to all of them.
=VERVE("silverprice", "field", "gram")=VERVE.CALL("silverprice", "field", "gram")Inputs
Required inputs are positional, in the order below. Everything else is passed as a "name", value pair after them — the same shape as SUMIFS. Premium inputs are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them.
| Input | Type | Where it goes | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
currencyOptionalPremium | string | "currency", value | The currency to get the price in default USD |
hourlyOptionalPremium | boolean | "hourly", value | Include hourly price data for the past 24 hours |
Passing an option
=VERVE("silverprice", "currency", "USD")=VERVE.CALL("silverprice", "currency", "USD")What lands in your sheet
The "field" pair is what makes the formula resolve to one cell. Its value is a dot-path from the table below, so swapping it is how you pull a different value — one formula per column.
Seeing everything at once
Drop the "field" pair and the formula returns the whole response instead: two columns, field name on the left and value on the right, spilling from the cell you typed in.
=VERVE("silverprice")=VERVE.CALL("silverprice")The second row's table would land on top of the first's, and every cell after the first reads #REF! (#SPILL! in Excel). Keep one per sheet, or name a field, and leave the cells below and to the right empty.
Response fields
Paths are relative to data. Each one is exactly what the "field" pair accepts, so swapping it is how you pull a different value into a cell. On a plan without a Premium field the cell reads #PREMIUM(field) rather than a value, so a locked field never looks like a real answer.
| Use as "field" | Type | Example cell value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
currency | string | USD | ISO 4217 currency code for price values |
gram | number | 1.58 | Silver price per gram in specified currency |
kilogram | number | 1584.07 | Silver price per kilogram in specified currency |
ounce | number | 49.27 | Silver price per troy ounce in specified currency |
lastUpdated | string | 2026-02-07T12:00:00.000Z | ISO 8601 timestamp of last price update |
change24h | number | 0.42 | Price change vs 24 hours ago in currency units |
change24hPctPremium | number | 0.86 | Percentage price change vs 24 hours ago |
changeDirection | string | up | Direction of 24h change: up, down, or unchanged |
high24hPremium | number | 49.55 | Highest price in the past 24 hours |
low24hPremium | number | 48.8 | Lowest price in the past 24 hours |
formatted | object | {…} | Prices formatted for display with the currency symbol and in words |
formatted.ouncePremium | string | $49.27 | Formatted ounce price with currency symbol |
formatted.gramPremium | string | $1.58 | Formatted gram price with currency symbol |
formatted.kilogramPremium | string | $1,584.07 | Formatted kilogram price with currency symbol |
formatted.ounceWordsPremium | string | forty-nine dollars | Ounce price spelled out in words with currency |
formatted.kilogramWordsPremium | string | one thousand, five hundred eighty-four dollars | Kilogram price spelled out in words with currency |
When a cell doesn't fill
A failed lookup returns readable text starting with #ERR rather than a spreadsheet error, because Excel cannot show a custom message on a real error — you would get a bare #VALUE! with no reason. The trade-off is that IFERROR() will not catch it; test with LEFT(cell, 4) = "#ERR" instead. Error handling covers the rest.
| Cell reads | What happened |
|---|---|
#ERR Not connected | No API key saved. Open the side panel and connect your account. |
#ERR Replace <name> with a cell or value | A preview formula was copied as-is. Swap the placeholder for a cell reference. |
#ERR No "x" in silverprice | An option name this source does not take. The message lists the ones it does. |
#ERR No data point "…" | The "field" path is not in the response. Check it against the table above. |
#PREMIUM(field) | The field exists but your plan does not include it. |
#ERR Out of credits | The cycle's credits are spent. Usage resets on your billing date. |
Before the formula works
The add-in reads the API key you saved once in the side panel — the key never goes in the formula, so a shared sheet does not leak it and a collaborator without access simply sees the last calculated values.
- Install the add-in for Google Sheets or Excel.
- Open the side panel and sign in, or paste a key from your dashboard.
- Type the formula above into any cell.
Use cases
- Bullion Store Checkout
- Bullion dealers calculate live retail markups against current per-ounce spot silver rates during customer checkout to prevent selling below metal value.
- Scrap Metal Valuation
- When customers bring in scrap sterling silverware, pawnbrokers compute melt values on the spot using real-time price per gram metrics.
- Precious Metals Portfolio Tracking
- Portfolio tracking apps update silver holding balances and show day-over-day price direction indicators to keep investors informed of short-term volatility.
- Industrial Material Pricing
- Calculate contract fabrication estimates for silver-bearing electrical contacts and solar cell pastes by querying bulk kilogram rates at quote generation.
Other ways to use Live Silver Price
Set up Live Silver Price on VerveSheets, or reach the same source a different way. Your VerveSheets account and credits work on all of them — one key, one balance.
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