CoinTalk Members Guess the Date Gold Will Reach $5,000 in a Forum Thread
A CoinTalk forum member started a thread inviting others to guess the date and time gold would reach $5,000, saying gold was then at $4,853.02. Members posted guesses ranging from late January to the fourth quarter of 2026, and some doubted the level would be reached. The thread does not show its posting date.
Correction (Oct 13, 2026): The previous version misread the source, a forum thread guessing when the gold price would reach $5,000, as a quiz about identifying a $5,000 gold coin, and added material not in the source on authentication methods, American Eagle gold coins, grading services and the market outlook. We rewrote the headline, summary and body to match the posts and present the guesses and opinions as those of individual members. The previous headline was "$5,000 Gold Coin Quiz Highlights Image Analysis Limits."
This article is based on posts in a CoinTalk forum thread titled "$5,000 GOLD guess the time and date." The source does not show when the thread was posted. The guesses and opinions below belong to the individual members and are not verified facts.
How the thread started
The member "mpcusa" started the thread, noting that another thread was already guessing when silver would hit $100. The member wrote that gold was then at $4,853.02, "only about $146 and change away" from $5,000, and guessed it would happen "by February 2, 9:10AM PST."
The guesses
Members then posted their own dates and times:
- "SensibleSal66": February 14, 9 a.m. - "gxseries": midday on February 14, adding as a joke that gold foil chocolate may carry a premium - "psuman08": February 8, 7:00 p.m. - "paddyman98": February 9, 12:01 a.m., the member's birthday - "fretboard": February 13 by 11 a.m. - "ToughCOINS": said this felt closer than silver breaching $100 and guessed "1/28/26 9:45 AM EST" - "Aunduril": March 3, 10:13 a.m. - "slackaction1": March or the fourth quarter of 2026
The member "Vess1" wrote that gold was $62 away and "might be tomorrow Jan. 23rd by market close at this rate." When another member jokingly called this cheating, Vess1 replied that it was a casual observation and that the member was not playing. Vess1 later wrote that gold was $26 away that evening and that people had overshot their guesses.
Doubts about reaching $5,000
The member "GoldFinger1969" wrote that, unless something bad happened geopolitically or financially, the member was not convinced gold was destined to hit $5,000, and also wrote, "We've had a big runup. We might need to base a while." The same member added that if gold was having a decade like the 1970s or 2000s, there could be room to run.
The member "-jeffB" replied that gold was more or less illegal for US citizens to hold at the beginning of the 1970s, so this decade was different.
An exchange about 1979
The member "panzerman" wrote that with inflation, $900 gold in 1979 equals $7,000 gold today, and said gold was still undervalued. The member's guesses were $6K by September 2026 and $5K on January 28.
"-jeffB" replied that gold in 1979 was heavily overvalued in the member's view, said it was hard to guess whether gold is over- or undervalued today, and wrote that the move felt more like a spike than a climb to a new plateau, adding, "But I'm not selling." panzerman wrote that the member would not sell either, and that precious metal prices do not really affect the collector coins the member pursues.
The thread's starter, "mpcusa," closed by writing that this is why it is called a guess.
Source: CoinTalk, "$5,000 GOLD guess the time and date" (forum thread; posting date not shown).
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