Pretty small for a house number but maybe a mailbox. I have seen numbers like that on utility poles. I don't know enough about colonial relics to say whether it came off of something from that period or not. I could see wagons or coachs back then being marked with numbers though.
Pretty small for a house number but maybe a mailbox. I have seen numbers like that on utility poles. I don't know enough about colonial relics to say whether it came off of something from that period or not. I could see wagons or coachs back then being marked with numbers though.
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Geez...give the guy a break...its a small house
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The font on the 5 looks like a modern font. The 8 looks older. Like vayank said, the CW numbers/letter were made out of brass, but in Crouch's book, Civil War Artifacts, there is a pic where the letters VA & Numbers were cut from an unknown 'zinc' like metal. BUT, these letters/numbers were FLAT, not beveled. Breezie
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I am wondering if they are lead filled on the backside.
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The font on the 5 looks like a modern font. The 8 looks older. Like vayank said, the CW numbers/letter were made out of brass, but in Crouch's book, Civil War Artifacts, there is a pic where the letters VA & Numbers were cut from an unknown 'zinc' like metal. BUT, these letters/numbers were FLAT, not beveled. Breezie
Well, too bad it wasn't something cool. Never be afraid to post your relics, KKC. As old as the sites are that you guys dig, there will be something excellent that will need to be ID'ed eventually.
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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:
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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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If we rule out aluminum for a moment (1890+), I would guess the stamping technology to make concave numbers / letters out of sheet zinc was available by the 1850's or so, at least in theory; this was the dawn of the era of mass industrialization. However, sheet zinc that old would have to have some good soil conditions to avoid becoming really brittle. I would therefore guess aluminum by looking at it.
Hey, it's a relic... just maybe not the era you're seeking.
Notice the nail holes in the number 8 are exactly the same.
Here is the 8 and 5 also the same nail holes.
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I don't know enough about colonial relics to say whether it came off of something from that period or not. I could see wagons or coachs back then being marked with numbers though. 
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