The Gold App

The Time Machine

See what your money was worth.

The dollar in your wallet has been quietly shrinking. Pick a year, pick an amount, and see what it'd be worth held as gold.

$
19712025

In 1995, $100 bought 8.10 g of gold.

Today, that gold is worth

$1,120

Same dollars, inflation-adjusted

$212

Gold outperformed the dollar by

5.3×

Historical gold prices are London PM fix annual averages. Inflation adjustment uses US CPI-U. Today's spot price is live, cached 60s.