The price of gold at present is about 900 USD per ounce There for 1 lb of gold would cost 14,400 USD
1 pound of gold costs 26,400$ for 2012.
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2,666 American dollars was what 1 pound of gold was worth in 1849
Three hundred and forty thousand dollars.
The price of gold in 2000 was 279.11. Gold is well over the thousand dollar mark in the present market.
It's just under $600/oz right now, so a pound would be something like $9600
In the 1930's, Bacon was around 38¢ per pound...
Gold would conduct electric current and could not be used for the case, but it would cost a few thousand dollars per oz of gold used to coat an existing case
One pound of gold is 12 Troy Ounces. How much 1 pound of gold is worth is another question and depends on the current Spot Market price of gold per Troy Ounce.
As I type this the value of 1 pound of gold is $18,040.00
Troy Pound value would be about $15,811.20
tin cost about $50.07 per pound