Button Experts: This a really weird...Vintage moveable spider button(?)...Ummm

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I dug this button where several Indian Head pennies, early Canadian copper bank tokens, and late 19th century coins have been found. The spider is part of the shank; i.e. when one moves or twists the shank, the spider moves or twists. Was there a cloth or ceramic back to this thing? Thanks!

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Kinda like yours. Called a Victorian button.
 

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