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Hello i found this button metal detecting along the edge of a pond in plympton MA. The only marking i can see looks like two lines and then a dot repeating around the outside. Any help identifying would be greatly appreciated

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Your brass 1-piece flatbutton's size indicates it is a "Dandy" button, from the latter 1700s. At that time, a Dandy was a sartorially "fashionable" gentleman who wore fancy coats with oversize brass buttons. Now you know what the line from the famous song "I'm a yankee doodle Dandy" means.
 
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