What your money buys in gold: USD, EUR, GBP, JPY and SEK, 1971–2026

gold price in local currency, index 2000=100, log, 1971–Oct 2026. Line/bar chart, GAVF style; full numbers in numbers.csv.

Educational analysis of currencies measured in gold, not investment advice. No trading signals; descriptive only. Currency news is usually a contest: the dollar against the euro, the krona against the pound. Someone always “wins”. This post steps outside that contest and measures five major currencies against something no central bank issues: an ounce of gold. […]