Distance from the record
This close sat 2.71% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-09-01.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 21 September 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,272.40 per troy ounce on 21 September 2010, down $6.600 (0.52%) from the previous close of $1,279.00.
This close sat 2.71% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-09-01.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,003.70, making this a +26.77% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,272.40 per troy ounce on 21 September 2010. That is $6.60 lower than the previous close of $1,279.00, a move of -0.52%.
The gold price fell on 21 September 2010, losing $6.60 (0.52%) against the previous session's close of $1,279.00.
At $1,272.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $40.91 on 21 September 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 September 2010 18k gold was worth about $30.68 per gram and 14k about $23.86 per gram, against $40.91 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.7 on 21 September 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.7 ounces of silver.
A year before 21 September 2010, gold was around $1,003.70 per troy ounce. The close of $1,272.40 therefore represents a rise of 26.8% over twelve months.
It closed 2.71% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2010-09-01.