Description: For sale is a 1896 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN WILLIAM MCKINLEY Brass BUG PIN PIN IS MADE OF BRASS!!! The pin, a campaign item from McKinley’s first 1896 presidential campaign, signified McKinley’s support for the gold standard platform. Advocates for McKinley and the gold standard, sometimes referred to as “gold bugs,” believed that the country’s monetary system should be backed only by gold. McKinley’s presidential opponent, William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925), and his supporters, sometimes called “Silverites,” advocated against the gold standard, and believed that currency should be redeemable in silver as well as gold.
Price: 85.99 USD
Location: Valparaiso, Indiana
End Time: 2024-11-04T16:01:19.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Topic: Gold standard
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Vice President: william Bryan
Material: Brass
Year: 1896
Country/Region: United States
Signed: No
Theme: Politics
Type: Pin
