What was $1 originally supposed to be worth?

A friend told me that $1 was originally supposed to be worth one block of gold. Is this true? If not, what was the basis? If it is true, what happened to that?
 

TEXINLIMITED

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Not really sure about this, but I know it worth much more than today 50 or 70 years ago...
Too bad we are living in an economic system where you can not avoid depreciation...

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