Gold's "Record High" Is a 45-Year-Old Lie (To Scale)
Gold's real record was set in January 1980 — worth roughly $2,500–3,600 in today's money — and no nominal "record high" beat it in inflation-adjusted terms for about 45 years, until 2024–25. A dollar story, not a gold story.
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Data sources & references
01Gold — New York market price, annual average, MeasuringWorth (Officer & Williamson), 1970–2025
02Inflation — US CPI-U (CPIAUCSL), Federal Reserve (FRED); real price rebased to May 2026
031980 fine-grained peak — January 1980 monthly average (~$675) and the Jan 21, 1980 London record fix (~$850)
04Current spot — Yahoo Finance, GC=F (as of 2026-06-29)