Measuring Worth Gold Prices and the Ratio to the Price of Silver

The Price of Gold, 1257 - Present

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Year	Gold/Silver Price Ratio (ounces of silver per ounce of gold)
1687	14.94
1688	14.94
1689	15.02
1690	15.02
1691	14.98
1692	14.92
1693	14.83
1694	14.87
1695	15.02
1696	15.00
1697	15.20
1698	15.07
1699	14.94
1700	14.81
1701	15.07
1702	15.52
1703	15.17
1704	15.22
1705	15.11
1706	15.27
1707	15.44
1708	15.41
1709	15.31
1710	15.22
1711	15.29
1712	15.31
1713	15.24
1714	15.13
1715	15.11
1716	15.09
1717	15.13
1718	15.11
1719	15.09
1720	15.04
1721	15.05
1722	15.17
1723	15.20
1724	15.11
1725	15.11
1726	15.15
1727	15.24
1728	15.11
1729	14.92
1730	14.81
1731	14.94
1732	15.09
1733	15.18
1734	15.39
1735	15.41
1736	15.18
1737	15.02
1738	14.91
1739	14.91
1740	14.94
1741	14.92
1742	14.85
1743	14.85
1744	14.87
1745	14.98
1746	15.13
1747	15.26
1748	15.11
1749	14.80
1750	14.55
1751	14.39
1752	14.50
1753	14.54
1754	14.48
1755	14.68
1756	14.94
1757	14.87
1758	14.85
1759	14.15
1760	14.14
1761	14.54
1762	15.27
1763	14.99
1764	14.70
1765	14.83
1766	14.80
1767	14.85
1768	14.80
1769	14.72
1770	14.62
1771	14.66
1772	14.52
1773	14.62
1774	14.62
1775	14.72
1776	14.55
1777	14.54
1778	14.68
1779	14.80
1780	14.72
1781	14.78
1782	14.42
1783	14.48
1784	14.70
1785	14.92
1786	14.96
1787	14.92
1788	14.65
1789	14.75
1790	15.04
1791	15.05
1792	15.17
1793	15.00
1794	15.37
1795	15.55
1796	15.65
1797	15.41
1798	15.59
1799	15.74
1800	15.68
1801	15.46
1802	15.26
1803	15.41
1804	15.41
1805	15.79
1806	15.52
1807	15.43
1808	16.08
1809	15.96
1810	15.77
1811	15.53
1812	16.11
1813	16.25
1814	15.04
1815	15.26
1816	15.28
1817	15.11
1818	15.35
1819	15.33
1820	15.62
1821	15.95
1822	15.80
1823	15.84
1824	15.82
1825	15.70
1826	15.76
1827	15.74
1828	15.78
1829	15.78
1830	15.82
1831	15.72
1832	15.73
1833	15.93
1834	15.73
1835	15.80
1836	15.72
1837	15.83
1838	15.85
1839	15.62
1840	15.62
1841	15.70
1842	15.87
1843	15.93
1844	15.85
1845	15.92
1846	15.90
1847	15.80
1848	15.85
1849	15.78
1850	15.70
1851	15.46
1852	15.59
1853	15.33
1854	15.33
1855	15.38
1856	15.38
1857	15.27
1858	15.38
1859	15.19
1860	15.29
1861	15.50
1862	15.35
1863	15.37
1864	15.37
1865	15.44
1866	15.43
1867	15.57
1868	15.59
1869	15.60
1870	15.57
1871	15.57
1872	15.63
1873	15.93
1874	16.16
1875	16.64
1876	17.75
1877	17.20
1878	17.92
1879	18.39
1880	18.05
1881	18.25
1882	18.20
1883	18.64
1884	18.61
1885	19.41
1886	20.78
1887	21.10
1888	22.00
1889	22.10
1890	19.75
1891	20.92
1892	23.72
1893	26.49
1894	32.56
1895	31.60
1896	30.59
1897	34.20
1898	35.03
1899	34.36
1900	33.33
1901	34.68
1902	39.15
1903	38.10
1904	35.70
1905	33.87
1906	30.54
1907	31.24
1908	38.64
1909	39.74
1910	38.22
1911	38.33
1912	33.62
1913	34.19
1914	37.37
1915	40.48
1916	30.78
1917	24.61
1918	21.00
1919	18.44
1920	20.28
1921	32.76
1922	30.43
1923	31.69
1924	30.80
1925	29.78
1926	33.11
1927	36.47
1928	35.34
1929	38.78
1930	53.74
1931	71.25
1932	73.29
1933	69.83
1934	72.36
1935	54.19
1936	77.09
1937	77.44
1938	80.39
1939	88.84
1940	99.76
1941	99.73
1942	90.57
1943	77.67
1944	77.67
1945	67.40
1946	43.67
1947	48.73
1948	47.07
1949	48.61
1950	47.14
1951	39.12
1952	41.16
1953	41.04
1954	41.01
1955	39.24
1956	38.50
1957	38.50
1958	39.27
1959	38.34
1960	38.27
1961	37.82
1962	32.22
1963	27.34
1964	27.04
1965	27.04
1966	27.04
1967	22.56
1968	18.29
1969	23.16
1970	20.54
1971	26.66
1972	34.75
1973	38.21
1974	33.90
1975	36.51
1976	28.76
1977	32.05
1978	35.80
1979	27.69
1980	29.66
1981	43.65
1982	47.24
1983	37.03
1984	44.26
1985	51.68
1986	67.25
1987	63.84
1988	66.95
1989	69.49
1990	79.78
1991	89.83
1992	87.47
1993	83.85
1994	72.79
1995	74.78
1996	74.89
1997	67.91
1998	53.24
1999	53.26
2000	55.96
2001	61.95
2002	67.32
2003	74.22
2004	61.30
2005	60.70
2006	52.20
2007	51.91
2008	58.17
2009	66.27
2010	60.64
2011	44.75
2012	53.58
2013	59.31
2014	66.38
2015	73.98
2016	72.96
2017	73.76
2018	80.77
2019	85.97
2020	86.30
Note: British official price is only available till 1945.

To help understand where the historical data come from, you should read What Was the Price of Gold Then? Importance, Measurement, and History (25K PDF). The specialist or the serious user will also want to read What was the Price of Gold Then? A Data Study (111K PDF). This essay considers the five gold-price series one by one and provides a detailed description and evaluation of the existing work on the specific price.

The recent source of annual London Market Prices is the average of the daily London PM Fix found on www.kitco.com. This is the price most users quote.

The source of annual New York Market Prices is the U.S. Geological Survey which is "averaging Engelhard’s gold price quotations." See footnot 4 at minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/gold.

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Lawrence H. Officer and Samuel H. Williamson, "The Price of Gold, 1257-Present," MeasuringWorth,
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