George IV Flat Button

[Carolina Relic Hunter]

Dug this flat button today and I’ve never dug a flat button that referenced George IV. Either way I thought it was good enough to share.

 

[Glen's Loyalists]

That's a new one to me and I have found a lot of British Buttons.
Nice find!

 

[scruggs]

Cool button!

 

[Carolina Relic Hunter]

Cool button!

Thanks!

 

[Digger RJ]

Dug this flat button today and I’ve never dug a flat button that referenced George IV. Either way I thought it was good enough to share.

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Very nice !

 

[oldmxrat]

That's really cool, thanks for sharing!

 

[ModernMiner]

Hopefully someone can chime in when that button was made. It’s in great shape. 👍
Congrats,
MM

 

[CRUSADER]

Pretty cool, not seen that backmark before.

 

[ticndig]

I agree it's not a common flat button, I've dug hundreds of flat buttons but none like that one.

 

[Glen's Loyalists]

Hopefully someone can chime in when that button was made. It’s in great shape. 👍
Congrats,
MM

George IV reigned from 1820 to 1830, so it would be in that range

 

[Almy]

Unusual and really neat! Don't hear of George IV artifacts much, probably because of his short reign (thanks to GL for that information). I wonder what it is doing in SC? If Canada, I would not be so surprised.

 

[pepperj]

Looked at a bunch of button ID sites.
Nothing
Very nice recovery and I hope that someone will be able to make a ID, in regards to the history/maker.

 

[Carolina Relic Hunter]

Looked at a bunch of button ID sites.
Nothing
Very nice recovery and I hope that someone will be able to make a ID, in regards to the history/maker.

I’m hoping someone here will ID it too.

 

[Silvermonkey]

Excellent and unusual find. Well done!

 

[pepperj]

I’m hoping someone here will ID it too.

Maybe @Red-Coat will have some insight on the maker.

 

[The Rebel]

Very interesting, never seen that before. What does it say around the shank as it's too small to read.

 

[Red-Coat]

Maybe @Red-Coat will have some insight on the maker.

I have no idea I'm afraid. It's a generic mark that could be from any number of makers.

 

[pepperj]

I have no idea I'm afraid. It's a generic mark that could be from any number of makers.

Have you seen this mark before?

 

[Red-Coat]

Have you seen this mark before?

Not exactly like that, but I have seen variants such as "G IV R" (for Georgivs IV Rex).