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Does anyone know what this "giant Morgan dollar replica/token" is on Ebay?

LongacreLongacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭
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Does anyone know anything about this item? It seems odd (but in an interesting way), and it sold for a decent amount of money. I hope this link works. If it does not, can someone provide a link? The item number is 8409828935

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    kryptonitecomicskryptonitecomics Posts: 9,185 ✭
    Very interesting.....absolutely no clue what it is and if there are more of them.....?????
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    morgannut2morgannut2 Posts: 4,293 ✭
    I've seen ashtrays that are similar.
    morgannut2
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    cladkingcladking Posts: 30,355 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It looks original to me.

    It's probably from the '96 campaign but it could be a replica or fantasy since I'm not familiar with it.
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    PhillyJoePhillyJoe Posts: 2,728 ✭✭✭✭
    Bill Jones posted this as a response to my "remember when a silver dollar was worth fifty cents" thread last Thursday. I believe it was a saterical presidential medal/token for the 1896 campaign for William Jennings Bryan.

    Joe
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    jonathanbjonathanb Posts: 4,175 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PhillyJoe is exactly right. This is a "Bryan Dollar". I was watching that very lot and hoping to rip it for the $5 or so that it was sitting at for most of the week. Oh, well. I don't know what it's worth, but that piece is in exceedingly nice condition (most of those pieces are really nasty). I'm pretty sure that it's worth at least what it closed at. It could be worth $150-200 but I wasn't sure enough to bid that much
    myself.

    For more information, see

    ZERBE, FARRAN Bryan Money Tokens of the Presidential Campaigns of 1896 and 1900 - Comparative and Satirical The Numismatist. 1961. Reprinted from the 1926 issue of The Numistmatist.

    SCHORNSTEIN, FRED Bryan Money Token and Medal Society, 2001.

    (I don't have copies of either reference, so I can't attribute that specific piece. I ought to get them one day.)

    jonathan
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    rlawsharlawsha Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭
    Another....

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