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Historical Metal Price

GET /metals/historical/:metal/:date

Look up the price of a specific precious metal (gold, silver, platinum, or palladium) on any past date. Provide the metal name and date in the URL path. Returns the USD price for that date. Useful for historical portfolio valuation, insurance appraisals, academic research on metal price trends, and comparing metal performance against other assets over time.

Parameters

metal required

Metal name (gold, silver, platinum, palladium)

date required

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)

Example Requests

Basic usage
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/metals/historical/gold/2026-03-20
Gold price on a specific date
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/metals/historical/gold/2026-03-20
Silver price at start of year
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/metals/historical/silver/2026-01-02
Platinum price last month
curl https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/metals/historical/platinum/2026-02-15

Live Response 

{
  "data": {
    "date": "2026-03-20",
    "metal": "gold",
    "price_usd": 3045.0,
    "source": "reference",
    "unit": "troy_oz"
  },
  "success": true
}

Example Response

{"success":true,"data":{"metal":"gold","date":"2026-03-20","price_usd":3045.0}}
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