Thread: button age ?

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Mar 15, 2009, 07:57 PM
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fatsmahoney

May 2007

great lakes

whites XLT-E- series

271

button age ?

reverse says rich gold colour with wreath any idea of age

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Mar 16, 2009, 12:27 AM #2

BuckleBoy

CANE FIELD BANDITS and IRON BRIGADE MEMBER

Jun 2006

Moonlight and Magnolias

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Re: button age ?

Brass flat button. Gilded at one point in the distant past. It dates to the first half of the 19th century.

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Buckleboy

Spring 2012 CaneField Bandits Totals:
TEN Half Reales:
1740, 1777, 1784, 1796, 1801, 180?, 1806, 1807, 1808, and 1814
1836 8 Reales
A 17?? One Real
1819 Token/Jeton
Two "Russian Blue" Trade Beads
Henry Clay Campaign Button
FIVE Early New Orleans Seated Coins:
1838-O Dime (no stars), Three 1839-O Half Dimes, an 1840-O Dime, and an 1842-O Half Dime
1892 Barber Dime
1918 Walking Liberty Half
1866 and 18?? Shield Nickels, and some GawGag V's and Beefaloes.
Military Relics:
Possible Spanish Colonial Era Cap Badge
FOUR War of 1812 Artillery Buttons
1820s Pewter Militia "U.S." Button
CW Eagle Artillery Cuff Button
CW Eagle Infantry Officer's Coat Button
3-Ringers, Enfields, Musketballs, and Shell Fragments

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