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Whenever either coin is worth more in the market than the rate fixed by the law, it flees from the country.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “Whenever either coin is worth more in the market than the rate fixed by the law, it flees from the country.”
Editor's note · Context
Sherman explains a phenomenon where coins of higher market value tend to leave the country due to fixed legal rates.
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