Distance from the record
This close sat 11.76% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 19 December 2012, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 30 August 2012
Gold closed at $1,666.50 per troy ounce on 19 December 2012, down $3.000 (0.18%) from the previous close of $1,669.50.
This close sat 11.76% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,594.40, making this a +4.52% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,666.50 per troy ounce on 19 December 2012. That is $3.00 lower than the previous close of $1,669.50, a move of -0.18%.
The gold price fell on 19 December 2012, losing $3.00 (0.18%) against the previous session's close of $1,669.50.
At $1,666.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $53.58 on 19 December 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 December 2012 18k gold was worth about $40.18 per gram and 14k about $31.25 per gram, against $53.58 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 53.7 on 19 December 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 53.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 19 December 2012, gold was around $1,716.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,666.50 is a loss of 2.9% over the week.
It closed 11.76% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.