Humans were connected with silver for more than five millennia and gave birth to empires. It offered the means to lift ancient trade out of the barter system. Silver demand includes currency, art, investment, industry and medicine since ancient times. Today, there are various silver-based instruments available for trading and investment. These include silver options, silver futures, silver ETFs, or OTC products like mutual funds based on silver.
Euro has been established by the European Central Bank (ECB) in 1998. The ECB is based in Frankfurt, Germany and it is an independent and neutral body. Τhe Euro launched to replace the precursor ECU at a 1:1 value. Before the circulation of currency notes and coins, the euro was used only by certain businesses and financial markets. Many experts believe that the euro could eventually rival the US dollar as an international currency.