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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 12 October 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $473.90 per troy ounce on 12 October 2005, down $3.200 (0.67%) from the previous close of $477.10.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $415.10, making this a +14.17% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $473.90 per troy ounce on 12 October 2005. That is $3.20 lower than the previous close of $477.10, a move of -0.67%.
The gold price fell on 12 October 2005, losing $3.20 (0.67%) against the previous session's close of $477.10.
At $473.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $15.24 on 12 October 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 12 October 2005 18k gold was worth about $11.43 per gram and 14k about $8.89 per gram, against $15.24 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.9 on 12 October 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.9 ounces of silver.
A month before 12 October 2005, gold was around $449.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $473.90 is a gain of 5.4% over the month.
A year before 12 October 2005, gold was around $415.10 per troy ounce. The close of $473.90 therefore represents a rise of 14.2% over twelve months.
It closed 0.67% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2005-10-11.