Liberty Cap Large Cent and early LH Scovill button

[hbeaton]

Haven't posted in a bit but did find a bucketlister (for me anyway) today. She isn't the prettiest and the back is completely wiped but if put in just the right light you can make a positive ID of a Liberty Cap Large Cent!

Also find a nice early LH Scovill button. I believe this to be a civilian button dated prior to 1830. The LH were last names of the Scovill's partners and they had left the company (as well as the company itself burning down in 1830) so this marking I believe is at least that old. (apologies for the weird alignment of the photos, no matter how I rotate them before uploading to the post they still do not line up )

Happy Hunting!

-Hunter

 

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[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Mud Hut]

She may be a little worn around the edges, but she is still rather purty Nice button, too!

 

[HIGHSTRUNG]

Congrats!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congrats on the old copper...my favorite old copper!

 

[Al.relics]

Congrats on your bucket list find!

 

[Silvermonkey]

Congrats on finding your "bucketlister"! Always exciting when you can get a positive ID. Great stuff.

 

[Whyme]

Very nice old button! And congrats on your bucket lister LC!

 

[Inspector]

Nice bucket lister & button, congratulations on the saves

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Responding to a request from the button's finder (hbeaton) for more-detailed ID.

He is correct that the initials L and H preceeding "Scovill" are the initials of the last-name of two of the Scovill button-manufacturing firm's
partners (Frederick Leavenworth and David Hayden) at the time his button was made.

According to the best book on time-dating a button by its backmark ("American Military Button Makers And Dealers; Their Backmarks & Dates"),
the firm of Leavenworth, Hayden, and Scovill was in the business of manufacturing metal buttons from 1811 to 1827. After that year, the firm's
name changed as various partners left it to form their own company.

Sidenote:
The backmark book mentions a "L.H. & Scovill" backmark written in RAISED (not indented) lettering being found on US army Infantry and Riflemen
buttons from the 1810s. So, because your L.H. & Scovill backmark is written in indented lettering, I suspect it is more-likely to be from the second
half of the 1811-1827 time period (which would be 1819-27).

 

[gold panner]

congrats! my only liberty cap is about like yours I can id it but that's it