Why are you looking at the peak price in 1980 which was only an intraday high (not a closing price) and at the height of the gold frenzy. More realistic comparasion would be what it was pre 1973 (the oil shock). The CPI calculation method would not change only the base price would be a tenth of the 1980 peak
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