Andrew Jackson Inaugural Button

[vpone]

Hello All,

Vp here, I was cleaning my metal detector getting ready to go hunt tommorrow and I just happened to open up my button box and started trolling thru them. Now I know very little about buttons, but I remember everyone saying if they were one piece buttons that they might be older. So I found 4 or 5 that still had some gold on them and starting cleaning them up a bit.

This one turned out to be an Andrew Jackson Inaugural button. It doesn't have much of anything on the front (except a little gold color) but the back clearly reads "Andrew Jackson March 4 1829" ! Can't remember where I foudn it but it was probably a year or two back.

Any idea of the worth ?

Thanks in advance,

vp

 

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[txkickergirl]

wow thats a great button

 

[ModernMiner]

Kevin,
You lucky dog!!! What a beauty.
Congrats on a rare button find big guy.
-Doug-

 

[Captn SE]

Hey Kevin,

That's a really cool button find!!

I found a website that sold the same coat button in an auction a couple years ago for $277, but that one had full gold luster on both sides.

http://www.hakes.com/item.asp?AuctionItemID=26256

Congrats! Better recheck all your relics again!

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[silverfreak]

Kevin...that button is SWEEEEET Congrats my friend

 

[cwdigger]

Man that is a beutiful find, way to go

CW

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice button! Congrats and HH, Mike

 

[pepperj]

Very nice indeed
Are you going to try to remember where you found it now?

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Vpone, ive got to say that is sweet! I would love to one of those! way to go partner and GO TEAM MINELAB!

 

[seger98]

Congratulations on the button, that's a real neat find!

 

[goldencoin]

that is amazing

HH
-GC

 

[Don in SJ]

Congrats on getting your first Andrew Jackson button, not sure of worth, there are quite a few out there and different varieties, but regardless, it has some worth.

Since you don't remember where you found it due to possibly not looking carefully or either not cleaning very soon after finding is the culprit. There are quite a few buttons that are plain on the front but have some significance on the back of the button and if finds are not cleaned, you will never know, most would think it is "just another plain flat button". I like to clean them right away to see what the backmark is. It has paid off, Andrew Jackson and E PLURIBUS UNUM political buttons and maybe one or two more I have previoulsy found.

Don

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Congrats !! Very nice button

VPR

 

[Trond]

That's a beautiful find. :P

 

[vpone]

wow thats a great button

thanks - vp

Kevin,
You lucky dog!!! What a beauty.
Congrats on a rare button find big guy.
-Doug-

hey doug how ya been buddy ?
thanks for the post - kevin

Hey Kevin,

That's a really cool button find!!

I found a website that sold the same coat button in an auction a couple years ago for $277, but that one had full gold luster on both sides.

http://www.hakes.com/item.asp?AuctionItemID=26256

Congrats! Better recheck all your relics again!

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

hey dan - thanks for the link - that's pretty encouraging huh ? mines not near in that shape but hey i'll take it !
take care -
kevin

Kevin...that button is SWEEEEET Congrats my friend

bryce man - you thawed out yet ? bet you are bouncing off the walls there huh ?

take care buddy - kevin

Man that is a beutiful find, way to go

CW

thanks man

Congrats on getting your first Andrew Jackson button, not sure of worth, there are quite a few out there and different varieties, but regardless, it has some worth.

Since you don't remember where you found it due to possibly not looking carefully or either not cleaning very soon after finding is the culprit. There are quite a few buttons that are plain on the front but have some significance on the back of the button and if finds are not cleaned, you will never know, most would think it is "just another plain flat button". I like to clean them right away to see what the backmark is. It has paid off, Andrew Jackson and E PLURIBUS UNUM political buttons and maybe one or two more I have previoulsy found.

Don

thanks for the input/advice don, i have about six other buttons that have stuff on the back and look to be old, all of them are just blank on the front - anything special i shoudl be looking for ?

thanks - kevin




thanks to everyone else that posted !

vp

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

VP,

I must have missed this post back in February, but I wanted to congratulate on a very special find. I have found hundreds of plain front flat buttons, and I always check the back marks hoping for something special. I have dozens of Best Quality, Extra Rich, Orange Colour, etc. but nothing that even comes close to what you have found.

Congratulations!
Neil

 

[nyiangelo]

That's a awesome find as far as history is concerned. One of the few presidents that we have had that was a BAD DUDE.

 

[kdismuke1]

SUPER BUTTON. CONGRATS.

 

[3searchin]

Great find !!

Always recheck everything..........

3S

 

[fortbball9]

They made two buttons like that one has 20 stars encircling and one that has 24 stars.
20 stars ID# is PC 81
24 stars ID# is PC 82
Both of them are listed in the Alberts button book on page 421
That is a sweet and $$$ find
CONGRATS

Here is another type that is on e-bay,check it out
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=120400897484


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