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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MIGuy, post: 8231490, member: 116145&quot;]I like the &quot;Bryan Money&quot; pieces - which are campaign exonumia from the 1896 and 1900 William Jennings Bryan presidential campaigns - they are affordabe, often satirical, pieces made by his political opponents, especially supporters of President McKinley.&nbsp; <b>Bryan Money</b> is a term used by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numismatism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numismatism" rel="nofollow">numismatists</a> to refer to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_coin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_coin" rel="nofollow">tokens</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal" rel="nofollow">medals</a> associated with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan" rel="nofollow">William Jennings Bryan</a>&#039;s platform during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election" rel="nofollow">United States presidential elections of 1896</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election" rel="nofollow">1900</a>.Bryan&#039;s platform advocated for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_silver" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_silver" rel="nofollow">reinstatement of silver currency in the United States economy</a> as part of the short-lived <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Republican_Party" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Republican_Party" rel="nofollow">Silver Republican Party</a>.&nbsp; Bryan ran on the issue of the standard by which the government backed its currency - either with just gold or his choice of both silver and gold. Supported by both the National Silver Party and the Populist Party, Bryan, a Democrat from Nebraska, ran unsuccessfully against William McKinley of Ohio in both those races.&nbsp; The makers of Bryan Money were printers, blacksmiths, tool and die makers, hardware people, foundry workers, dentists and any handy person with strong political opinions. There also were thousands produced and sold for profit by the manufacturers of novelties. Affluent jewelers in the east, such as Tiffany &amp; Co., made several different coin silver comparative pieces.&nbsp; This is my third acquisition, it was a great deal and it&#039;s &quot;mechanical&quot; which is a first for my exonumia collection, you can rotate an inner circle with the little loop to get alternating messages, as you can see it has attractive gilt surfaces.&nbsp; My first two pieces are also below - they are really large heavy lead alloy pieces (bigger than a silver dollar).&nbsp; I think they are historically interesting and kind of funny, given that some people even now still have strong opinions on the gold standard.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447147[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1447148[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1447149[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1447157[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1447158[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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