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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 7909968, member: 101855"]I thought I had sold this Bryan dollar until I ran into it when we were packing up to move to Florida. It is made of nickel plated, cast iron and weighs a lot. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1365580[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1365581[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>For those who are not familiar with this series, this is called "a satirical Bryan Dollar." It makes fun of William Jennings Bryan's campaign promise to coin unlimited amounts of silver under the assumption that 16 parts of silver were equal in value to one part of gold. At this time a Morgan Silver dollar contained 53 cents worth of silver. Therefore "we trust Bryan for the other 47 cents."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 7909968, member: 101855"]I thought I had sold this Bryan dollar until I ran into it when we were packing up to move to Florida. It is made of nickel plated, cast iron and weighs a lot. [ATTACH=full]1365580[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1365581[/ATTACH] For those who are not familiar with this series, this is called "a satirical Bryan Dollar." It makes fun of William Jennings Bryan's campaign promise to coin unlimited amounts of silver under the assumption that 16 parts of silver were equal in value to one part of gold. At this time a Morgan Silver dollar contained 53 cents worth of silver. Therefore "we trust Bryan for the other 47 cents."[/QUOTE]
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