✅ SOLVED Eagle cuff button. Military or Civilian?

[GaRebel1861]

I found this button yesterday at a site that has produced coins dating from 1829 to 1845. There have also been confederate buttons dug here. My question is if this is a military cuff button or a civilian button? I've never seen one like the one I just dug. Any information about it would be great! Age, value, (If any) and if it is rare. The back of the button is marked "Scovills Super Fine"

 

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[nhbenz]

Looks like a Jacksonian patriotic vest button from the 1820's-30's. Someone with better knowledge can hopefully confirm or narrow that down by the backmark... The use of "Scovills" is often thought of as an 1840's thing, but there are exceptions, complicated by the fact that small buttons can have abbreviated backmarks (which may not be specifically listed in books).

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Nhbenz is right-on... it is a Jacksonian Era (late-1820s/30s) "Patriotic" vest-size button. He is also correct that there are a few exceptions to the rule-of-thumb that a backmark saying "Scovills" (note the s at the end) means 1840-to-1850. For example, there is a variety of Republic of Texas Navy cuff-size button, made in 1837, whose backmark says "Scovills Extra".

 

[GaRebel1861]

Thank you both for the ID.

 

[fyrffytr1]

Here you go buddy. I told you I thought it was a good one.

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