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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 7661646, member: 101855"][ATTACH=full]1316948[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks like it's been dipped in acid or something like that. These pieces are made of aluminum or something similar. They are very soft and easily scratched.</p><p><br /></p><p>"POP" made a second appearance in 1900 on this piece. He has a smaller role here, running under the mule. This piece is much scarcer and than 1896 version.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1316951[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>To provide a little history, "POP" is short for populist. The Populist Party ran candidates in the late 1890s through the early 1900s. In 1896 William Jennings Bryan took so much of their thunder that they nominated him for president. The Populists didn’t like Bryan’s running mate, Maine shipyard owner, Arthur Sewall so they nominated Thomas Watson instead.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1316957[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1316956[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Populists wanted to inflate the currency so that farmers, who were in debt, could pay off their mortages with cheaper dollars. They grew out of the Greenback Party which ran candidates in the 1880s. Those guys wanted to inflate the economy with paper money. In the 1890s and 1900s, they wanted to do it with silver.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 7661646, member: 101855"][ATTACH=full]1316948[/ATTACH] It looks like it's been dipped in acid or something like that. These pieces are made of aluminum or something similar. They are very soft and easily scratched. "POP" made a second appearance in 1900 on this piece. He has a smaller role here, running under the mule. This piece is much scarcer and than 1896 version. [ATTACH=full]1316951[/ATTACH] To provide a little history, "POP" is short for populist. The Populist Party ran candidates in the late 1890s through the early 1900s. In 1896 William Jennings Bryan took so much of their thunder that they nominated him for president. The Populists didn’t like Bryan’s running mate, Maine shipyard owner, Arthur Sewall so they nominated Thomas Watson instead. [ATTACH=full]1316957[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1316956[/ATTACH] The Populists wanted to inflate the currency so that farmers, who were in debt, could pay off their mortages with cheaper dollars. They grew out of the Greenback Party which ran candidates in the 1880s. Those guys wanted to inflate the economy with paper money. In the 1890s and 1900s, they wanted to do it with silver.[/QUOTE]
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