usd value in gold (mg)

sound money analysis & perspective

milligrams of gold per one us dollar: the dollar's physical purchasing power. useful as the root chart of monetary debasement; nearly every other fiat illusion branches from this path. since the end of bretton woods, the dollar has surrendered the vast majority of its gold value. this chart is unique and foundational: cpi understates monetary asset inflation and is politically revised. there is no substitute for dollars-in-gold if you need the true half-life of the unit of account.