Bryan Silver " So - Called Dollar " Spaulding Medal 1896 XF
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Bryan Silver "So-Called Dollar" Spaulding Medal 1896 XF
This is a SCARCE HIGHER GRADE BRYAN DOLLAR Medal issued by Eastern Silversmiths during the Presidential Election Campaign of 1896 to Protest the Campaign Platform of William Jennings Bryan, Presidential Candidate.
This Bryan Dollar was struck by the SPAULDING COMPANY (Goldsmiths & Silversmiths) in 1896.
“Bryan” Dollars were made by Eastern silversmiths during Presidential campaigns of 1896 a...nd 1900. These silver medals showed comparative size and ratio of a dollar struck at the then-current price of silver with what it would be like if free coinage were to rule. Williams Jennings Bryan ran on a platform demanding parity between gold and silver.
The Bryan Dollars were made to illustrate how much silver should be in a dollar to equal the value of gold in a gold dollar. Bryan’s crusade was too late, the country was already heading for a credit system, The Federal Reserve was only thirteen years away.
Besides being a three-time Presidential candidate, Bryan was also an Evangelist who served as prosecutor. He was the prosecutor in the landmark “Scopes Monkey Trial” (Clarence Darrow vs. William Jennings Bryan) in July of 1925 that tried science teacher John T. Scopes for teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution in a Tennessee school.
“So Called Dollar” Medals refer to the Officially Struck and Issued Medals.
This uniface Dollar was struck in .900 Fine Silver and weighs 50.5 Grams and measures 50 mm in diameter and were meant to equate to One Gold Dollar.
The Dollar is Catalogued as Hibler/Kappen-785 grades in Extremely Fine Condition.
Shipping cost will be $3.25. International shipping will be $11.75. Please read our shipping policy below.
A SCARCE HIGHER GRADE BRYAN DOLLAR STRUCK BY SPAULDING & COMPANY FOR YOUR COLLECTION >>>SELDOM OFFERED FOR SALE !!!!!!
This is a SCARCE HIGHER GRADE BRYAN DOLLAR Medal issued by Eastern Silversmiths during the Presidential Election Campaign of 1896 to Protest the Campaign Platform of William Jennings Bryan, Presidential Candidate.
This Bryan Dollar was struck by the SPAULDING COMPANY (Goldsmiths & Silversmiths) in 1896.
“Bryan” Dollars were made by Eastern silversmiths during Presidential campaigns of 1896 a...nd 1900. These silver medals showed comparative size and ratio of a dollar struck at the then-current price of silver with what it would be like if free coinage were to rule. Williams Jennings Bryan ran on a platform demanding parity between gold and silver.
The Bryan Dollars were made to illustrate how much silver should be in a dollar to equal the value of gold in a gold dollar. Bryan’s crusade was too late, the country was already heading for a credit system, The Federal Reserve was only thirteen years away.
Besides being a three-time Presidential candidate, Bryan was also an Evangelist who served as prosecutor. He was the prosecutor in the landmark “Scopes Monkey Trial” (Clarence Darrow vs. William Jennings Bryan) in July of 1925 that tried science teacher John T. Scopes for teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution in a Tennessee school.
“So Called Dollar” Medals refer to the Officially Struck and Issued Medals.
This uniface Dollar was struck in .900 Fine Silver and weighs 50.5 Grams and measures 50 mm in diameter and were meant to equate to One Gold Dollar.
The Dollar is Catalogued as Hibler/Kappen-785 grades in Extremely Fine Condition.
Shipping cost will be $3.25. International shipping will be $11.75. Please read our shipping policy below.
A SCARCE HIGHER GRADE BRYAN DOLLAR STRUCK BY SPAULDING & COMPANY FOR YOUR COLLECTION >>>SELDOM OFFERED FOR SALE !!!!!!
