Script Republican Blues Confederate Button

Bharpring

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Even though it's in bad shape and it took me over a day to clean it, its another Republican Blues button from the American Civil War or before. This time its the script RB button. I was once again using the XP Deus HF Elliptical Coil. When I first dug it, I could not ID it and thought that it may be a civilian flower button. After a few hours of cleaning, I could barely make out the letters RB and could not believe it. This is my 3rd RB button dug in 6 months. The first 2 where dug on the same site, this one from a different site. It has been a Republican Blues year for me so far. I will post the video of this hunt on my YouTube channel in the coming months. Other finds from this hunt included a cool Bennington Marble and an Amber Bottle Topper. You can see pictures of how the button cleaned up from finished product to the beginning.

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The back is toast.

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DocBeav

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Nice button man! I like it! Congrats!
 

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Now that's something you don't every day...or almost any day for that matter.
 

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What is really weird is that I just ordered the full size high quality print of the attached music cover from 1860 showing the Republican Blues to be mounted in a large frame with the RB eagle buttons that I found previously (I'm going to hang it on my wall as a piece of art). Now I'm debating whether I should put one of each button in the frame?

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Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!
 

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Nice. I haven't seen that type posted before :icon_thumleft:
 

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Very nice, I feel like I'm always learning something interesting about the Civil War from your posts. Keep up the good work!
 

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Very cool button- Congrats!
 

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Nice button .. When you enlarge it, it looks like the letters are identical RR. Are my eyes really that bad?
 

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The letters are very close in appearance, but the B has a little longer line at the bottom.
 

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Awesome! I need to find one of these for hubby....has his initials on it :laughing7:
 

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Great button
 

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