Keywords: Value of US dollar.gif en wikipedia 2011 January 26 image Value of US dollar GIF Caption This graph shows the final closing value of the US dollar for each calendar year Value is measured in milligrams of gold By this measure the US dollar lost a very significant amount of value during the 1970s Format graph 2004-9-1 Own <br />Transferred from http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia Ed g2s at http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia en wikipedia Ed g2s Original upload log page en wikipedia Value_of_US_dollar gif 2004-09-01 17 01 Ed g2s 710×356 11872 bytes <nowiki>cropped caption</nowiki> Banking Economic history of the United States |