Drawing the wire

Gold prices from 1960 to 2026

One wire segment per month. Turns track price changes; width follows the square root of price. Solid discs mark rises, hollow rings falls. Flat $35 months form a straight run.

World Bank Pink Sheet, CC BY 4.0, through Oct 2026. Monthly nominal US dollars per troy ounce, not investment returns. Source method changes in June 2025. Code: Luke Steuber, MIT.

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