I asked how much silver could be bought for a million dollars, which seemed a suitably round number.

我问了100万美元，这似乎是个合适的整数，能买多少白银。

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If we see a major silver shortage and a real short squeeze, silver could literally rise to hundreds of dollars per ounce overnight.

如果我们发现大量的白银短缺，白银的价格将在一夜之间上涨几百美元。

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Hallmarking in Britain dates from 1300; no gold or silver could be sold until tested for purity and struck with the king's mark.

大不列颠从1300年开始便采用金银纯度印记；金或银要通过纯度试验和打上国王标记后才得以出售。

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All of them produced large amounts of paper money -- many times the amount they could exchange for gold or silver.

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The Treasury Department would buy the silver with new paper money that could be exchanged for silver or gold.

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The government would pay for the silver with paper money -- treasury notes -- which could be exchanged for gold or silver money.

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Longer-term silver could move higher, but in the short-term, the risk-reward scenario is limited until the metal can decide on direction.

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Yet, silver could not rally, which is a bearish near-term technical clue.

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The one scenario in which silver could lag gold would be runaway inflation accompanied by a weak economy that curbs industrial demand for silver, he said.

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