The Money We Want

The Money We Want Cause Button Museum
Category
Cause
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The Money We Want button back Cause Button Museum
Sub Categories
Illustrations
Text on Button THE MONEY WE WANT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Image Description

Illustration of gold coin with woman wearing crown in center of button.  Edge of button is divided into sections with gold lines with one gold letter inside each segment.  Blue background.
Curl Text COPYRIGHTED TORSCH & LEE 1893
Back Style
Lapel stud
The Shape
Circle
The Size
1 inch
Year / Decade Made
1896
The Manufacturer
Torsch & Lee Co.
Additional Information

This campaign pin promoting William McKinley for President is a reference to his support for gold and protective tariffs during his race against William Jennings Bryan in 1896 and features an image of the Type 3 gold dollar. For that reason, the color gold appeared through much of McKinley’s campaign materials. Other known buttons from this campaign encouraged Conservative Democrats to cross party lines and said things like “I am a Democrat but will vote for Gold Standard.”
Sources

1896: The Battling Standards. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/vote/1896/1896_3.html.

William McKinley The Money We Want Stud Button. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.loriferber.com/presidential-memorabilia/william-mckinley/mc….
Catalog ID CA0611