I found a button

[clemmieharber]

How old is this button?? It has a crown on top and word that read GILT all on the back.

 

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[Florida Finder]

Hello and welcome to Treasure Net!!! Your button is likely an 1812 to 1820 era button. Congratulations on a great find. I hope there are many more for you!!!

 

[erfranks]

Good Save!! Welcome from NC

 

[scruggs]

Nice button you found! Welcome from Alabama!

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!! Welcome!!!

 

[oldmxrat]

Nice button, Congrats, and welcome from Nevada!

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Clemmiharber asked:
> How old is this button?? It has a crown on top and word that read GILT all on the back.

I see nobody has answered your question in the 38 hours since you posted it... so I will. Your find is what button-collectors call a brass 1-piece flatbutton. When that specific type of button has a backmark written in raised lettering, it dates from sometime between about 1790 and the mid-1830s. The crown in the backmark is a British Royal Crown, signifying British manufacture.

Note, for anybody who cares:
Same button but the backmark has INDENTED lettering dates a bit later, from about 1810 to the mid-1830s.

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

welcome aboard!

 

[Almy]

Clemmiharber asked:
> How old is this button?? It has a crown on top and word that read GILT all on the back.

I see nobody has answered your question in the 38 hours since you posted it... so I will. Your find is what button-collectors call a brass 1-piece flatbutton. When that specific type of button has a backmark written in raised lettering, it dates from sometime between about 1790 and the mid-1830s. The crown in the backmark is a British Royal Crown, signifying British manufacture.

Note, for anybody who cares:
Same button but the backmark has INDENTED lettering dates a bit later, from about 1810 to the mid-1830s.

I care and have copied this useful information, CBG. Thanks.

 

[Coinstar magnet]

Fascinating information CannonballGuy...very thorough.

 

[Coinstar magnet]

Welcome Clemmieharber from Washington State on the far left coast