Bimetallism could only exist where the market value of the two metals approached the coinage value, or where a strong government, with a good credit, received and paid out coins of each metal at parity with each other.
Sherman defines the conditions necessary for bimetallism to exist, emphasizing the need for parity between gold and silver.
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