Enormous silver (faced) hand engraved flat button, 1809 Swiss Nepoleonic medal, more

[Scrappy]

Enormous silver (faced) hand engraved flat button, 1809 Swiss Nepoleonic meda...

December is a great month of buttons for me. I hit an old spot with my daughter for an hour and dug mids and lows. Mid-60 degree WX made things very enjoyable. We thought we had a 1/2C copper but that was just a big thick flat button. Also found a 1809 Swiss 1/2 Batzen. Turns out some circles consider this a Napoleonic medal (some info: Switzerland - 1809 - 1/2 Batzen). The silver faced button is SILVER DOLLAR sized - so far my largest.

A undated fat Cent and a couple more IHP's round out the group. View attachment 1246683 View attachment 1246684 View attachment 1246685 View attachment 1246686
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Enjoy.

Steve

 

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[Carolina Tom]

Very nice finds Scrappy! As usual, you are making me jealous.

Congrats.

 

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I posted another pic at the top in case the first upload was haywire.

See it now, that is an unusual dandy button.

 

[Steve in PA]

Great finds Steve, that button is a real prize!

 

[Scrappy]

Very nice finds Scrappy! As usual, you are making me jealous.

Congrats.

Tom. You may not know, that you in fact know, where I found these...lol.

 

[sutphin]

SCRAP THATS A BEAUTY OF A FIND . SURE IS NICE ...

 

[Vino]

Fantastic button Steve.
And that coin is super cool.
Looks like the season isn't over yet!

 

[Scrappy]

Great finds Steve, that button is a real prize!

Thx Steve. The silver showed right through when I dug it and couldn't wait to get it home. It's now in my center top display shelf

 

[Scrappy]

Fantastic button Steve.
And that coin is super cool.
Looks like the season isn't over yet!

Yep, I actually can't think of more ideal conditions for digging lately. 60's and moist soil. Now I just need some Spanish silver or draped silver under my coil!