Bryan Comparative Dollars

   These medals originated with the Presidential campaigns of 1896 and 1900.

    They showed the comparative size and ratio of the Silver Dollar at the then current
price of silver versus what it would be like if free coinage were to rule.
   
   This was the big issue in the presidential campaigns of the day.

I'm  not sure which side of the conflict the coiners were on.
If you have this figured out, please explain it to me.

 Hilber & Kappan list the most common of these, Z-5 & Z-6, as "very scarce", 250 - 500 pieces.

  Regardless of the politics, the comparative pieces, Z-5, Z-3, Z-8 and Z-14 are impressive looking
souvenirs of this period. Z-5 remains available at a modest price considering its scarcity.

TIFFANY	Z-1 HK777 original Small "Tifffany" B&M  9/14/1992 #2236	Z-2 HK778 Restrike Large  "Tifffany" B&M  9/14/1992 #2237	**Z-3 1896 Tiffany Comparative Dollar  HK779 NOTE: Unlike Z6 & Z15, the "reverse" of this piece  is different from the uniface pieces:. Z1 & Z2. (** NOT in my collection)
GORHAM 1896	Z-5 HK780 Gorham The "classic" Bryan Comparative dollar	Z-6 HK781 1896 Gorham (Uniface)
GORHAM 1900	Z-8 HK782 1900 Gorham - Generally considered the most impressive appearing of the series due to the use of the large lettering in the field above the wagon wheel. B&M 6/22/1987 #2624	Z-10 - Small size  HK783 Stack's 9/10/1987 #1640	HK784 - similar to HK 783 (**) "Government Dollar" same size as other lines.
SPALDING & Co. 1896	Z-14 HK785 Stack's 9/10/1987 #1642 1896 Spalding & Co.	Z-15 HK786 Stack's 9/10/1987 #1643 1896 Spalding & Co. (Uniface)
	BRYAN  Counterstamp on  MEX 8R 1896 Mo AM  CG  11/12/1986 #1594 3 reported on Mexico 8R pieces - 2 dated 1896 also exists on an 1896 Proof  Morgan Dollar	BRYAN I 1933 Type of Brunk B-1237 Punched into 1795? medal (coin?) As yet unidentified B&M 11/9/1987 # 4486
Non silver issues. The overwhlming majority of the Bryan pieces were of the large satyrical pieces, in white metal.  The following is a small sampling,	Z. 52 UNITED SNAKES of AMERICA "One Dam" On White Medal CG  11/12/1986 #1594	1896 Bryan Large Size "One Dollar" One dollar coin or medallion 85 mm and weighs 145 gm. Schornstein 800 type.	Z-32. S-326. Diameter 44mm. Obverse shows FREE SILVER at upper periphery,  ONE DIME in the center surrounded by wreath,  and 1896 in the exergue, Reverse shows BRYAN MONEY in large letters, BRYAN above.
Bryan Stamps / Engraved  Though they don't came on the market often, many of these seem to have been counterstamped, engraved., etc.	Z-15 HK786 Counterstamped J. Walsh on blank reverse	HK789 Neatly Engraved CHARLES W. KRAMER	LOVE TOKEN Z6 MONOGRAM BLS C.G. 2/12/1992 # 2378
HK 1012 Type of HK 781 but name erased and George H. Ford Company  punched under date	HK 1014 Type of HK 783 Montgomery Bros. Stamped	HK-780. In the field above the wheel the names of the candidates for three parties running for election have been counterstamped with a single punch. McKinley & Wobart Bryan & Sewall Palmer & Buckner