Gold
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Gold spot
— — —USD / oz
15-minute print. Weekends stay last close.
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Golden Numbers
Today's prices, their history in today's dollars, the gold–silver ratio, and the old record highs.
Silver
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Silver spot
— — —USD / oz
Same feed as gold. Not a tick-by-tick feed.
Ratio
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Gold–silver ratio
— — —oz Ag / oz Au
Ounces of silver per ounce of gold. The 15:1 line below is history, not a target.
History
Prices since 1971, in today's dollars
Yearly average price. "Today's dollars" restates each year by US consumer prices (CPI), so a 1980 dollar and a 2026 dollar buy the same basket.
Gold, USD / oz
— In today's dollars– – Nominal
Silver, USD / oz
— In today's dollars– – Nominal
Yearly averages (LBMA / COMEX; 2025 silver from the World Silver Survey 2026); the current year is today's spot, not a full-year average. CPI: FRED CPIAUCSL, Sep 2026.
Old records
1980 and 2011 highs in today's dollars
Both metals have since printed higher nominal prices. Restated for inflation, the old peaks look different.
Gold · 21 Jan 1980
Printed $850 (London)
$3,665
in today's dollars (CPI)
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Restated by US M2 instead: $13,423
Gold · 5 Sep 2011
Printed $1,895 (London PM fix)
$2,812
in today's dollars (CPI)
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Restated by US M2 instead: $4,644
Silver · 18 Jan 1980
Printed $49.45 (London fix)
$213
in today's dollars (CPI)
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Restated by US M2 instead: $781
Silver · 28 Apr 2011
Printed $48.70 (London fix)
$73.08
in today's dollars (CPI)
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Restated by US M2 instead: $126
CPI: FRED CPIAUCSL (Sep 2026) vs the month of each print. M2: FRED M2SL (Sep 2026). M2 measures the money stock, not prices. Spot: the live feed at the top of this tab.
Ratio
Gold–silver ratio since 1971
Ounces of silver one ounce of gold buys. The dotted lines are the ratios the US Mint once fixed by law; the market has not been tied to them since silver was demonetised.
— Gold–silver ratio (yearly average)– – US mint ratios, history only
- Now
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- Average 1971–2026
- 60.6
- Lowest year
- 27.7 · 1979
- Highest year
- 89.6 · 1991
Yearly averages from the same series as the price chart. 15 : 1 (Coinage Act 1792) and 16 : 1 (1834) are history, not a target.
COMEX
Five-year price history
Daily COMEX closes. Spot in the header bar uses the same metals feed.
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Silver
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Charts load from COMEX when the feed answers.