Picked this guy up the other day. I thought it was cool. Here is a history of the Bryan's money movement. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/bryan/aa_bryan_silver_1.html
Matt Amazing condition. two points: I never saw that design before and I never heard him referred to as Billy. Very unusual
Very cool piece of political Americana I've never heard of him referred to as billy either I've never seen this design!
I picked up a similar one a while back. Unfortunately it's holed in the middle and scratched, but the low price reflected that. One of the many popular, satirical, "Bryan Money" medals issued to ridicule his policies during Bryan's free silver legislation (debasing of gold) which was fought heartily by the gold believers. This one is aluminum. The obverse states "United Snakes of America" and depicts a duck under the donkey with "POP" on it - an abbreviation representing Bryan's Populist party. I have no idea who represented as riding on the donkey. The banner states "Anti-Expansion", with "Anti Everything" at the bottom.