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The committee propose the silver dollar, not as a legal tender for gold contracts, but only as a tender for currency contracts not exceeding twenty dollars in any one payment.
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Sherman explained that the committee proposed the silver dollar as a limited legal tender for currency contracts under twenty dollars.
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