Coin with hole, Button??

[Deep Seeker]

Found these at old foundation. Coin thing has hole in middle. No designs or raised places. About the weight of a dime. Second thing is butterfly clip? Any idea how old either thing is?

 

[baspinall]

People used to make toys called "spinners" out of coins for kids. I believe that is what you have.

Brian

 

[mrs.oroblanco]

I thought a spinner (whirligig), too, but don't they have 2 holes in them?

We used to use big buttons.

 

[creskol]

The second piece looks like part of an overall strap adjuster, perhaps off of a pair of Finck's Red Bar overalls. I found a button a while back that was posted here that had the same be on it, and here is the link to that thread:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,303112.msg2186430.html#msg2186430

The coin piece may have been used as a make-shift spacer for something.

Both nice finds! I really like the adjuster clip!

 

[Broken knee]

DS, that would be called a witch coin. It would have been nailed above the house door to ward off evil spirits or Indians.
I have one that was made from a Massachusetts large cent. Folks were very superstitious in those days.
Nice find, Broken Knee

 

[Monty]

As kids we always called those coin like toys with a string a "whizzer" because of the noise they made. And yes, they did have two holes. My grandmother had some old very large coat buttons and we use to make whizzers out of them. A child of the late 40s and 50s was very easily entertained! M nty

 

[mrs.oroblanco]

Whizzer - that was the word I was trying to think of - thanks, Monty - your memory is better than mine - I have always had a bit of a problem with names - and, after 6+ decades - it certainly hasn't gotten any better! Numbers, I can remember, names, not so much.


Beth

 

[fmerg]

a whizzer has 3 holes two for the string and one to wake the sound
you can see one in this picture

 

[SgtJim]

People used to make toys called "spinners" out of coins for kids. I believe that is what you have.

Brian

A nail through the hole thrown would spin like a toy wooden tops of the 1960s.
Jim