Have look at how gold and Bitcoin performed in 2012 with charts stats from Run to Gold, Priced in Gold, GoldSilver.com and more.
Run to Gold: Fiat Currencies and Gold Collapse Against Bitcoin
“The currency collapse has continued unabated. Once again all major fiat currencies have fallen relative to gold. And once again Bitcoin’s performance absolutely crushes gold and silver.”
Seeking Alpha: Best Currency In 2012
“About this time last year I wrote an instablog about the best performing currency of the year 2011. There was one currency, which gained 1400% against the USD last year – and this same currency is again – by far – the best performing currency this year gaining another roughly 220% against the FEDs USD . .
That is a two-year yield of 4400% vs. USD (from 0.3 USD/BTC to 13.4 USD/BTC). In gold terms, bitcoin is also doing well.”
GoldSilver.com: Race to Debase – 2012 – Fiat Currencies vs Gold & Silver
“Below you can examine how gold and silver performed against 164 fiat currencies in 2012. In 2012, the median loss of purchasing power to gold was 7.0%. Approximatly 94% of all fiat currencies lost purchasing power to gold in 2012.”
| Base Currency vs. 1 Gold Ounce | 1-Jan-12 | 31-Dec-12 | % Gold +/- 2012 |
| Afghan Afghani | 75,531 | 84,100 | 11.3% |
| Albanian Lek | 168,101 | 175,890 | 4.6% |
| Algerian Dinar | 117,439 | 130,423 | 11.1% |
| Angolan Kwanza | 148,390 | 159,336 | 7.4% |
| Argentine Peso | 6,725 | 8,176 | 21.6% |
| Armenian Dram | 602,938 | 671,103 | 11.3% |
| Aruban or Dutch Guilder | 2,798 | 2,977 | 6.4% |
| Australian Dollar | 1,531 | 1,600 | 4.5% |
| Azerbaijani New Manat | 1,229 | 1,305 | 6.2% |
| Bahamian Dollar | 1,563 | 1,663 | 6.4% |
| Bahraini Dinar | 589 | 627 | 6.4% |
| Bangladeshi Taka | 127,834 | 132,495 | 3.6% |
| Barbadian or Bajan Dollar | 3,126 | 3,326 | 6.4% |
| Basotho Loti | 12,630 | 14,113 | 11.7% |
| Belarusian Ruble | 13,052,302 | 14,254,127 | 9.2% |
| Belizean Dollar | 3,104 | 3,325 | 7.1% |
| Bermudian Dollar | 1,563 | 1,663 | 6.4% |
| Bhutanese Ngultrum | 82,941 | 91,211 | 10.0% |
| Bolivian Boliviano | 10,723 | 11,490 | 7.1% |
| Bosnian Convertible Marka | 2,359 | 2,467 | 4.6% |
| Botswana Pula | 11,727 | 12,971 | 10.6% |
| Brazilian Real | 2,911 | 3,407 | 17.0% |
| British Pound | 1,007 | 1,023 | 1.6% |
| Bruneian Dollar | 2,027 | 2,031 | 0.2% |
| Bulgarian Lev | 2,362 | 2,468 | 4.5% |
| Burmese Kyat | 10,020 | 1,425,956 | 14131.4% |
| Burundian Franc | 2,003,958 | 2,550,344 | 27.3% |
| Cambodian Riel | 6,283,863 | 6,651,520 | 5.9% |
| Canadian Dollar | 1,597 | 1,658 | 3.8% |
| Cape Verdean Escudo | 132,790 | 138,096 | 4.0% |
| Caymanian Dollar | 1,282 | 1,364 | 6.4% |
| Central African CFA Franc BEAC | 791,233 | 827,309 | 4.6% |
| CFA Franc | 791,233 | 827,309 | 4.6% |
| CFP Franc | 143,941 | 150,504 | 4.6% |
| Chilean Peso | 811,978 | 796,353 | -1.9% |
| Chinese Yuan Renminbi | 9,839 | 10,362 | 5.3% |
| Colombian Peso | 3,029,385 | 2,938,781 | -3.0% |
| Comoran Franc | 593,425 | 620,482 | 4.6% |
| Congolese Franc | 1,414,651 | 1,521,822 | 7.6% |
| Costa Rican Colon | 788,922 | 852,306 | 8.0% |
| Base Currency vs. 1 Gold Ounce | 1-Jan-12 | 31-Dec-12 | % Gold +/- 2012 |
| Croatian Kuna | 9,094 | 9,533 | 4.8% |
| Cuban Convertible Peso | 1,563 | 1,663 | 6.4% |
| Cuban Peso | 41,423 | 44,066 | 6.4% |
| Czech Koruna | 30,882 | 31,647 | 2.5% |
| Danish Krone | 8,960 | 9,410 | 5.0% |
| Djiboutian Franc | 272,848 | 297,662 | 9.1% |
| Dominican Peso | 60,181 | 66,466 | 10.4% |
| Dutch Guilder | 2,736 | 2,977 | 8.8% |
| East Caribbean Dollar | 4,221 | 4,490 | 6.4% |
| Egyptian Pound | 9,424 | 10,566 | 12.1% |
| Emirati Dirham | 5,742 | 6,108 | 6.4% |
| Eritrean Nakfa | 23,447 | 25,109 | 7.1% |
| Ethiopian Birr | 26,997 | 30,389 | 12.6% |
| Euro | 1,206 | 1,261 | 4.6% |
| Falkland Island Pound | 1,007 | 1,023 | 1.6% |
| Fijian Dollar | 2,846 | 2,948 | 3.6% |
| Gambian Dalasi | 46,347 | 56,727 | 22.4% |
| Georgian Lari | 2,610 | 2,757 | 5.6% |
| Ghanaian Cedi | 2,559 | 3,169 | 23.8% |
| Gibraltar Pound | 1,007 | 1,023 | 1.6% |
| Guatemalan Quetzal | 12,209 | 13,143 | 7.6% |
| Guernsey Pound | 1,007 | 1,023 | 1.6% |
| Guinean Franc | 10,441,842 | 11,622,879 | 11.3% |
| Guyanese Dollar | 314,115 | 339,059 | 7.9% |
| Haitian Gourde | 63,073 | 70,090 | 11.1% |
| Honduran Lempira | 29,669 | 33,091 | 11.5% |
| Hong Kong Dollar | 12,143 | 12,889 | 6.1% |
| Hungarian Forint | 379,759 | 367,236 | -3.3% |
| Icelandic Krona | 191,361 | 213,514 | 11.6% |
| IMF Special Drawing Rights | 1,018 | 1,081 | 6.2% |
| Indian Rupee | 82,941 | 91,211 | 10.0% |
| Indonesian Rupiah | 14,177,770 | 16,296,136 | 14.9% |
| Iranian Rial | 17,390,044 | 20,428,471 | 17.5% |
| Iraqi Dinar | 1,828,104 | 1,936,962 | 6.0% |
| Isle of Man Pound | 1,007 | 1,023 | 1.6% |
| Israeli Shekel | 5,970 | 6,209 | 4.0% |
| Jamaican Dollar | 133,727 | 153,562 | 14.8% |
| Japanese Yen | 120,542 | 143,976 | 19.4% |
| Jersey Pound | 1,007 | 1,023 | 1.6% |
| Jordanian Dinar | 1,109 | 1,181 | 6.5% |
| Kazakhstani Tenge | 232,050 | 250,165 | 7.8% |
| Base Currency vs. 1 Gold Ounce | 1-Jan-12 | 31-Dec-12 | % Gold +/- 2012 |
| Kenyan Shilling | 132,790 | 143,174 | 7.8% |
| Kuwaiti Dinar | 435 | 468 | 7.5% |
| Kyrgyzstani Som | 72,624 | 78,823 | 8.5% |
| Lao or Laotian Kip | 12,473,937 | 13,277,320 | 6.4% |
| Latvian Lat | 843 | 880 | 4.4% |
| Lebanese Pound | 2,350,978 | 2,502,682 | 6.5% |
| Liberian Dollar | 112,547 | 120,559 | 7.1% |
| Libyan Dinar | 1,956 | 2,063 | 5.5% |
| Lithuanian Litas | 4,165 | 4,355 | 4.6% |
| Macau Pataca | 12,507 | 13,275 | 6.1% |
| Macedonian Denar | 73,937 | 78,484 | 6.1% |
| Malagasy Ariary | 3,470,193 | 3,745,124 | 7.9% |
| Malawian Kwacha | 253,387 | 556,436 | 119.6% |
| Malaysian Ringgit | 4,954 | 5,085 | 2.7% |
| Maldivian Rufiyaa | 23,838 | 25,558 | 7.2% |
| Mauritanian Ouguiya | 449,640 | 499,494 | 11.1% |
| Mauritian Rupee | 45,175 | 51,383 | 13.7% |
| Mexican Peso | 21,802 | 21,559 | -1.1% |
| Moldovan Leu | 18,250 | 20,140 | 10.4% |
| Mongolian Tughrik | 2,149,331 | 2,290,590 | 6.6% |
| Moroccan Dirham | 13,404 | 14,069 | 5.0% |
| Mozambican Metical | 41,423 | 49,736 | 20.1% |
| Namibian Dollar | 12,630 | 14,113 | 11.7% |
| Nepalese Rupee | 133,477 | 145,930 | 9.3% |
| New Zealand Dollar | 2,010 | 2,012 | 0.1% |
| Ni-Vanuatu Vatu | 144,670 | 151,484 | 4.7% |
| Nicaraguan Cordoba | 35,910 | 40,084 | 11.6% |
| Nigerian Naira | 253,543 | 259,659 | 2.4% |
| North Korean Won | 203,467 | 213,174 | 4.8% |
| Norwegian Krone | 9,345 | 9,253 | -1.0% |
| Omani Rial | 602 | 640 | 6.4% |
| Pakistani Rupee | 140,605 | 161,755 | 15.0% |
| Panamanian Balboa | 1,563 | 1,663 | 6.4% |
| Papua New Guinean Kina | 3,329 | 3,436 | 3.2% |
| Paraguayan Guarani | 6,877,860 | 7,016,372 | 2.0% |
| Peruvian Nuevo Sol | 4,215 | 4,245 | 0.7% |
| Philippine Peso | 68,466 | 68,250 | -0.3% |
| Polish Zloty | 5,374 | 5,146 | -4.2% |
| Qatari Riyal | 5,692 | 6,055 | 6.4% |
| Romanian New Leu | 5,210 | 5,606 | 7.6% |
| Russian Ruble | 50,021 | 50,764 | 1.5% |
| Base Currency vs. 1 Gold Ounce | 1-Jan-12 | 31-Dec-12 | % Gold +/- 2012 |
| Rwandan Franc | 930,074 | 1,049,006 | 12.8% |
| Saint Helenian Pound | 1,007 | 1,023 | 1.6% |
| Salvadoran Colon | 13,678 | 14,550 | 6.4% |
| Samoan Tala | 3,794 | 3,766 | -0.7% |
| Sao Tomean Dobra | 28,136,700 | 30,921,256 | 9.9% |
| Saudi Arabian Riyal | 5,862 | 6,237 | 6.4% |
| Seborgan Luigino | 261 | 277 | 6.4% |
| Serbian Dinar | 126,027 | 141,645 | 12.4% |
| Seychellois Rupee | 21,018 | 21,804 | 3.7% |
| Sierra Leonean Leone | 6,721,545 | 7,236,120 | 7.7% |
| Silver Ounce | 56 | 55 | -1.8% |
| Singapore Dollar | 2,027 | 2,031 | 0.2% |
| Solomon Islander Dollar | 12,308 | 11,592 | -5.8% |
| Somali Shilling | 2,558,877 | 2,671,917 | 4.4% |
| South African Rand | 12,630 | 14,113 | 11.7% |
| South Korean Won | 1,810,284 | 1,771,490 | -2.1% |
| Sri Lankan Rupee | 180,278 | 212,346 | 17.8% |
| Sudanese Pound | 4,176 | 7,337 | 75.7% |
| Surinamese Dollar | 5,080 | 5,445 | 7.2% |
| Swazi Lilangeni | 12,630 | 14,113 | 11.7% |
| Swedish Krona | 10,794 | 10,827 | 0.3% |
| Swiss Franc | 1,467 | 1,523 | 3.8% |
| Syrian Pound | 78,595 | 118,064 | 50.2% |
| Taiwan New Dollar | 47,324 | 48,312 | 2.1% |
| Tajikistani Somoni | 7,438 | 7,923 | 6.5% |
| Tanzanian Shilling | 2,461,961 | 2,630,873 | 6.9% |
| Thai Baht | 49,310 | 50,874 | 3.2% |
| Trinidadian Dollar | 9,926 | 10,675 | 7.5% |
| Tunisian Dinar | 2,339 | 2,583 | 10.4% |
| Turkish Lira | 2,957 | 2,969 | 0.4% |
| Turkmenistani Manat | 4,455 | 4,739 | 6.4% |
| Tuvaluan Dollar | 1,531 | 1,600 | 4.5% |
| Ugandan Shilling | 3,868,796 | 4,481,437 | 15.8% |
| Ukrainian Hryvna | 12,497 | 13,378 | 7.0% |
| Uruguayan Peso | 30,950 | 31,894 | 3.0% |
| US Dollar | 1,563 | 1,663 | 6.4% |
| Uzbekistani Som | 2,823,049 | 3,299,169 | 16.9% |
| Venezuelan Bolivar | 6,722 | 7,150 | 6.4% |
| Vietnamese Dong | 32,873,044 | 34,643,336 | 5.4% |
| Yemeni Rial | 341,548 | 357,145 | 4.6% |
| Zambian Kwacha | 7,995,512 | 8,705,996 | 8.9% |
| Zimbabwean Dollar | 565,704 | 601,796 | 6.4% |
