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To correct this, in 1837, the ratio was fixed at sixteen to one, but sixteen ounces of silver were worth, in the market, more than one ounce of gold, so that silver was demonetized.
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Sherman recounts the adjustment of the gold-to-silver ratio in 1837 and its consequences.
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