Gold & Silver
Prices, history and portfolio tools for people who hold physical metal.
Before you buyPRO
The reference points owners check before adding to a position.
My stackPRO
Record every coin and bar once. Follow its value, your cost and your gain in nine currencies.
Dealer premium checkPRO
Enter a dealer's price to see the premium over melt and the metal price you need to break even.
Gold in your currency
One ounce in nine currencies, against its highest weekly close of the past 20 years. Select a row to chart it.
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Gold volatility
How big a move the options market is pricing into gold over the next month, from the Cboe Gold ETF Volatility Index (GVZ).
What an ounce buys
Gold measured against silver, mining shares, stocks, bitcoin, oil, copper and housing. The note under each chart says which way is which.
US Mint coin sales
Ounces of American Eagle and American Buffalo bullion coins the US Mint sells, month by month since the Eagle's launch in 1986.
Gold and the money supply
The gold price at which the US Treasury's 261.5 million ounces would cover each measure of dollars outstanding.
| Measure | Amount | As of | Implied gold price | Multiple of today |
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Gold and M2 since August 1971
Both indexed to 100 in August 1971, when dollar convertibility to gold ended. Log scale.
History since 1960
Monthly average prices, nominal and adjusted for inflation, with key events marked.
Major declines and time to recover
| Record | Low | Decline | Record regained | Time |
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Timeline
Seasonality
Average return by calendar month over the past 20 years. Select a month for detail.
Melt value
Metal value of common coins and bars at today's price. Enter pre-1965 US silver coins by face value.
Melt value covers the metal only. Dealer buy and sell prices differ from melt, and numismatic coins can trade well above it.
For education only. Prices are COMEX front-month futures and currency rates from third-party sources; they are delayed, can differ from spot and dealer prices, and may be wrong. History uses World Bank monthly averages. Past patterns do not predict future results, and nothing here is investment advice or a recommendation to buy, sell or hold anything. See the Terms and Disclaimer.