On January 18, 1980, the price of silver had rocketed upward by 724% in less than a year, from $6 to $50 an ounce. So high in fact, that people formed long lines to cash in their silver at local coin and pawn shops. Ladies were selling their tea sets, families were hocking their silverware and coin collectors were cashing in their collections. As dramatic as that sounds, leading experts today think silver could dwarf that 1980 event. They...