The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
MIR, BRYAN'S MONEY IS NOW ABOVE PAR. Collectors Seek Souvenirs of
 16-to-1 Campaign GOOD PRICES ARE PAID Medals Satirzing the Free Coinage of Silver Idea Are Worth More
 Than Their Intrinsic Value.-
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From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 The desire of collectors to posses a complete series of the freak coins satiriz- ing the free coinage ideas of w. J. Bryan in his campaigns of 1896 and 19O0 has caused steady advance in the premiums on such pieces, until now every one of the b or more specimens of 'Bryan's money Is worth many times it's intrinsic value.
 One silver coin, an outcome of the freo silver campaign of Bryan in 1896, was issued by Spaulding & Go. The inscription on the obverse read, Government Dolla- Contains 4121a Grains Coin Silver 900-10O0 Fine. This Piece Contains S23 Grains Coin Silver 90O-10O0 Fine, in Value Equivalent of One Gold Dollar, September 16 1896. Spaulding & Co.,, Goldsmiths and Silver smiths" The reverse showed a wheel of the size of the regular dollar and the words, Size of Government Dollar Con taining 4121s Grains of Silver 9O0-1000 Fine" The coin was a little over two inches in diameter, and very fine speci- men is now worth from B up.
 Another variety of the coins issued by but the reverse was perfectly plain. A fine specimen of this variety is worth but little less than the other.
 On the obverse of another specimen of "Bryan's money" was this inscriptions: "A Government Dollar Contains 4121z Grains of Silver 900-1000 Fine-This Piece of Silver is the Size and Weight of Government Dollar Containing 412M Grains of Silver 9OO-1oO0 Fine and It's Value July 5, 1900, was AS Gents. Gorham Manufa curing Co.,, Silversmiths" On the reverse was the inscription, Market Value July 5, 1900, AS Cents-Coinage Value at the Rate of 16 to 1, 100 Cents" The coin was about an inch and a half in diameter, and an uncrculated specimen has sold for S2.50.
 The rarest of the coins associated with Bryan showed on. the obverse an eagle like that of the government assay office stamp, with the inscription Good Enough for Our Fathers, Good Enough for Us: Is to l. U. $. A. New York, 1900, 300 Fine, 12929 Gorham Manufacturing Com pany. Silversmiths." The reverse bore the wording: ''The Party Stands Where It Did in 1896 on the Money Question.-Wil- liam Jennings Bryan, Zanesville, Ohio, September 1, 1900.% This was the only sill yer piece so far as is known, struck dur ing the 1900 campaign. and a very fine specimen here brought S1050
 One of thhe Bryan dollars of 1896 showed a head of Liberty, with the date 1896. The inscription 'Bryan's Money lad -four stars before and four behind. The reverse showed an eagle, with an inscription, "Bryans Idea of Coinage 1t to 1 Aber Nit" This piece, about three and a half inches in diameter, was struck only in lead, yet good specimen is worth near ly g.
 Another dollar in lead had head of Liberty to the left. With seven stars be- fore and six behind, and theNdate 1896. On the reverse was an eagle with the in- scription United States of America 16 to 1 Nit" This oddity, of the same size as the foregoing, is velued at $1.50.
 A coin with a head of Liberty to the left was inscribed Bullion Value 1S96.' The reverse showed an eagle surrounded by the words Sixteen to One We Don't Think" A specimen of this variety in lead is worth dollar or more. The same design was struck in aluminium, and this has sold for over s2.
 Dimes were also struck to satrize the free coinage idea. One of these had on the obverse the inscription Free Silver 1896 One Dime." The reverse had the words "Bryans Money This piece was coined in lead, was about an inch and a half in diameter. and it's present value in the series is $50.
 Yet another Bryan dime had on the .ob- verse the inscription, Free Silver the Bryan Idea, Teno Cento.' The reverse showed the words "Bryan's Idea of Coin age" This type was struck in lead and is worth s150.
 One fling at Bryan's suggested coinage represented a coin of about the size of a small tin plate struck in the basest of metals, on the obverse of which was large caricature of Bryans bust, around this being the inscription Tn God We Trust for the Other 47 Csnts." The re- verse bore a very dilapidated chicken in- stead of the customary eagle. Even this specimen of a memorable campaign com- mands a fair premium in contrast with it's intrinsic value.