Annual Price of Gold, 1953-2010 (58 observations):

34.84 35.04 35.03 34.99 34.95 35.10 35.10 35.27 35.25 35.23 35.09
35.10 35.12 35.13 34.95 39.31 41.28 36.02 40.62 58.42 97.39 154.00
160.86 124.74 147.84 193.40 306.00 615.00 460.00 376.00 424.00
361.00 317.00 368.00 447.00 437.00 381.00 383.51 362.11 343.82 359.77
384.00 383.79 387.81 331.02 294.24 278.98 279.11 271.04 309.73 363.38
409.72 444.74 603.46 695.39 871.96 972.35 1224.53

Source: “Historical Gold Prices, 1833-Present,” National Mining Association. *Prices from 1883-1994, World Gold Council. Taken from Timothy Green's Historical Gold Price Table , London prices converted to U.S. Dollars.