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Why did farmers in the late 1800s support the free and unlimited coinage of silver?

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Owners of silver mines in the West, farmers who thought a more plentiful currency would enhance the price of their products, and debtors who hoped it would make it easier for them to pay off their obligations were among those who supported free silver.

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