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Dec 28, 2011, 04:03 PM
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unknown: lead, button, Ag coin.
what is it? coin is from 1547
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Dec 28, 2011, 05:29 PM
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Dec 28, 2011, 06:07 PM
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Re: unknown: lead, button, Ag coin.
The button is a mid-1800s-or-later European-style Livery button, probably made in Britain, or perhaps aome other European country. For anybody who doesn't already know ehat a Livery button is... wealthy European Aristocracy families provided uniforms for their household servants (such as butlers and coachmen), and the uniform's buttons often (but not always) showed the family's Aristocratic rank and family Crest or Coat-of-Arms. The 9-balls crown on the button you found indicates the head of the family held the rank of Viscount. The emblem below the crown shows the family's distinctive Crest or Coat-of-Arms.
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Dec 29, 2011, 02:35 AM
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Re: unknown: lead, button, Ag coin.
 Originally Posted by RPG
WOW, awesome pictures.  Your camera rocks. 
Sorry I can't help with your finds but the quality of your pics caught my eye. What camera are you using?
Welcome to treasurenet. 
I use panasonic dmc-FZ18
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Dec 29, 2011, 08:04 AM
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Re: unknown: lead, button, Ag coin.
The lead item appears to be molded rather than carved. If it was important or necessary enough to have mold, it must be something useful. But I don't know what... 
DCMatt
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Dec 29, 2011, 03:26 PM
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Re: unknown: lead, button, Ag coin.
Your coin is a dreier from the Stolberg-Stolberg region of Germany.
http://www.muenzauktion.com/diller/i...674688c6416554
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Dec 30, 2011, 02:43 AM
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Re: unknown: lead, button, Ag coin.
Originally Posted by daroofa
THANKE YOU
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