Flat Button ID Needed

[Wannabe Treasure Hunter]

I recovered this Flat Button today(11.26.2019), in the Morriston Community, just outside of Petal, Mississippi... I am hoping that someone here can help me to put a year or year range on this button, and if the bust is of a particular person, well it would be great to know who that person was.

 

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[ANTIQUARIAN]

The bust looks to be of King George II.

"George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death in 1760.
George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain: he was born and brought up in northern Germany."

Unfortunately your picture of the buttons back is out of focus and I can't see any back mark.

Dave

 

[Wannabe Treasure Hunter]

The bust looks to be of King George II.

"George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death in 1760.
George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain: he was born and brought up in northern Germany."

Unfortunately your picture of the buttons back is out of focus and I can't see any back mark.

Dave

Thanks for the info... There are no backmarks on it that I can see, even with magnification. Also it is really thin.

How old do you think it might be?

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Thanks for the info... There are no backmarks on it that I can see, even with magnification. Also it is really thin.

How old do you think it might be?

Most of the one-piece flat buttons I've found almost always have a makers mark on the back.
Due to the fact that you have a bust honoring King George II, I'm thinking your button is possibly a 'memorial button' commemorating his death.
Based on the back loop, I think your button likely dates from the 1760 - 70 period.

Dave

 

[Wannabe Treasure Hunter]

Here's a few more pictures & I do have more from different angles, if they will help get a positive ID on this Button.

 

[GeoW]

Could be some sort of Campaign Political Button.

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[smokeythecat]

It doesn't look a lot like KG II to me. This is one I found a couple weeks ago. Yours looks more like Lincoln. I just don't know.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

It doesn't look a lot like KG II to me. This is one I found a couple weeks ago. Yours looks more like Lincoln. I just don't know.

I just saw a left facing bust and immediately assumed it might be George II.
You know what they say... assumption is the mother of all screw ups.

Hope you guys all had a great Turkey Day yesterday!
Dave

 

[CRUSADER]

Too bad to ID, but you can't rule out a copy of a Roman Coin Bust, I've had a couple similar.

 

[Wannabe Treasure Hunter]

Still hoping someone who hasn't seen this does and that they are the one to give me a positive ID on it...