Gold Prices – 100 Year Historical Chart

What year was gold the cheapest?

2000
According to the chart, US dollar gold prices and values were cheapest in the year 2000 and most expensive in late January 1980.

What was the price of gold in 1975?

Adjusted for inflation, $160.87 in 1975 is equal to $807.37 in 2021. Annual inflation over this period was 3.57%. In January 1975, gold was worth $160.87 per troy ounce.

What is the highest price of gold in history?

Highest price for gold: Historical gold price action. Gold hit US$2,067.15, the highest price for gold at the time of this writing, on August 7, 2020.

What was the price of gold in 1964?

This chart contains the average annual price for gold from 1964 – present. *The price of gold showed a fluctuating trend through the year of 2020 after opening the year on a positive note due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

What was the price of gold in 1969?

Over 200 years of historical annual Gold Prices Year Close % change Year % change 2013 $1,204.50 – 27.6% 1971 14.65% 2012 $1,664.00 8.68% 1970 -5.12% 2011 $1,531.00 7.80% 1969 -5.75% 2010 $1,420.25 30.60% 1968 22.54%

What was the price of gold in 1995?

Over 200 years of historical annual Gold Prices Year Close % change Year % change 1995 72.59% 2015 $1,060.00 -11.6 % 1994 66.79% 2014 $1,199.25 -.4% 1993 43.14% 2013 $1,204.50 – 27.6% 1992 14.65%

When did the price of gold go up?

gold price has changed only four times from 1792 to the present. Starting at $19.75 per troy ounce, raised to $20.67 in 1834, and $35 in 1934. In 1972, the price was raised to $38 and then to $42.22 in 1973. A two-tiered pricing system was created in 1968, and the market price for gold has been free to fluctuate since then as the table below shows.