It had been the careful study of statesmen for many years to secure a bimetallic currency not subject to the changes of market value, and so adjusted that both kinds could be kept in circulation together, not alternating with each other.
Sherman discussed the historical efforts to create a stable bimetallic currency that could coexist without fluctuations.
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