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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brett_in_Sacto, post: 2476122, member: 71510&quot;]The history behind the Bryan dollar is actually directly related to how we view silver and gold today.&nbsp; He was running against Roosevelt who was for the gold standard and Bryan was against and considered the silver standard more &quot;of the people&quot; as he put it.&nbsp; I still have yet to put one in my collection - but someday.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ultimately the gold standard did win.&nbsp; I have a propaganda coin/token from the other side of the fight.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The token has a switch that takes it between the &quot;gold&quot; and &quot;silver&quot; standards.&nbsp; One shows the gold standard - Mack and Teddy (McKinley &amp; Roosevelt) saying &quot;I&#039;m All Right&quot; and the Eagle stands proud on the token (resembles coin).</p><p><br /></p><p>Flip the lever, the bird is &quot;showing you it&#039;s rear&quot; and it makes some derogatory statements about Bryan and his mate - and showing the theoretical devaluation of silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>I even found the original patent.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love to share this thing!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]521885[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]521886[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]521887[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]521888[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]521889[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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