after seeing three of these pulled up just a few feet from me by detecting buddies these last half a dozen years now . i finally got mine (wwwwaaaahhhhhhoooooo) and had to share .Dan
Hi all, new to the forum and have to say it's probably my favorite site on the web! Great looking button, the site I found said this... Two other less commonly seen buttons are the "Dotted Script GW" button, with GW in large dotted script letters in the center, and LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT in large raised letters around the border, and the "Plain Roman GW" button, with GW in Roman letters in the center, LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT around the border, and elsewhere plain. There are also several smaller buttons, two with laurel wreaths and one with 15 stars, and all three with "LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT" around the border. Each of these types is quite rare and it would not be surprising to find that there are between 10 and 20 surviving examples of each type. An apparently extremely rare variety of the Dotted Script GW button is a script variety (i.e., not dotted) (referred to in Albert’s book as the "Script GW"). http://www.politicalbadges.com/washington_inaugural_buttons2.htm
Congratulations!! Michael G.
Congrats on an amazing and well deserved Banner find .... The Washington inaugural buttons are very scarce especially in the great condition that yours is in. After 30 years of detecting its still on my wish list !!!!
Thats a great find,i found something almost like the front. Could you post a pic of the back ? ,im not sure if mine is the same or not ....Great find! And should be on the banner
Interesting find. I just over the weekend re-watched the movie National Treasure. Really cool to come here to the forum today and see an actual Washington inaugural button!
Awesome button Leddel! This one is 1789, 5a classification. GW oval, brass medium spacing. In 2003 at a Stacks auction, the collection of J. Harold Cobb sold. The button you have had a hammer price of $3,000. Rarity classification of "C" or common. Nice Find......................."The Hoggester"
Slap me around and call me Susan!!!! Great find. I was just in NY and visited the churc where GW got his blessing as first President. What a keep sake to have found.