bookfisher
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1818 Large Cent & W & R Smith C1820-1832? Navy Coat Button
Back to the field today and came up with a heavily encrusted 1818 Large Cent and a W & R Smith Navy coat button that's missing its shank. The Large Cent did not clean up well at all, but the button cleaned up really nice. I looked online at a cool button site called The Treasure Depot Button Project http://www.thetreasuredepot.com/cayenna/index.html which has lots of military buttons, but I could not find an exact match for my button. Similarly designed buttons date from 1820-1832. If anyone can date this button I would appreciate it. Also, I did find out that W & R Smith were in business from 1790 to 1832.
Back to the field today and came up with a heavily encrusted 1818 Large Cent and a W & R Smith Navy coat button that's missing its shank. The Large Cent did not clean up well at all, but the button cleaned up really nice. I looked online at a cool button site called The Treasure Depot Button Project http://www.thetreasuredepot.com/cayenna/index.html which has lots of military buttons, but I could not find an exact match for my button. Similarly designed buttons date from 1820-1832. If anyone can date this button I would appreciate it. Also, I did find out that W & R Smith were in business from 1790 to 1832.
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