Age of button

[pepperj]

Sign of getting old-I can't remember.
Anyways I popped this little button and I can't recall when they made these.
Extra Quality on the back.

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

Your 2-piece brass button's backmark saying " *Extra* Quality" in serifed lettering indicates it dates from sometime between the 1850s and the very-late 1800s. After then, that backmark was most often written in "plain block" lettering, and without the stars.

 

[pepperj]

Thanks TCG
I think I have only dug one other example of this type of button with the bar running across like that. Seems like the style never was a popular choice.