I actually know what one is but what about the other?

[ResurrectedVirginia]

Buttons from a house site. The log cabin button says Benedict & Burnham. I found it to be from 1834 - 1843 Button Back Marks
The other one, I don't have any info about it. The front has a design that looks like woven waves. The back has a ribbon like a large cent and a few other designs that are hard to see.

 

[creskol]

looks like a 1794-ish large cent

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Your coin's size (just slightly smaller than a US quarter-dollar coin) and the distinctive "Large-Cent type" ribbon indicate it is a US Half-Cent coin. Because it has that particular version of ribbon but (apparently) does NOT have the words "Two Hundred For A Dollar" stamped into its edge, your coin dates from 1798 through 1808. See the descriptive info and photos in "A Guide Book Of United States Coins" (also known as "The Red Book").

 

[ResurrectedVirginia]

I know and I wish it was but the front has no resemblance of a coin ( other than being round ) It could have been totally defaced but I doubt it. A cent went a long way back then. But on the other hand I did find a 1730 British farthing at the same place which is actually defaced. Who knows haha.

 

[cudamark]

Really? Doesn't look like one to me. Are there any features on the other side? Doesn't look U.S. to me.....or Canadian or Mexican. My reply was in response to Creskols post

 

[nhbenz]

We seem to have a duplicate picture of the front, was one supposed to be the back? (even if the detail is largely missing)

 

[Bramblefind]

The log cabin button looks like a William Henry Harrison Presidential campaign button. Nice find!

Maybe the 155A in Alberts? - here is the page:

 

[diggummup]

Your coin's size (just slightly smaller than a US quarter-dollar coin) and the distinctive "Large-Cent type" ribbon indicate it is a US Half-Cent coin. Because it has that particular version of ribbon but (apparently) does NOT have the words "Two Hundred For A Dollar" stamped into its edge, your coin dates from 1798 through 1808. See the descriptive info and photos in "A Guide Book Of United States Coins" (also known as "The Red Book").

Nice ID.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

I have to publicly modify my opinion that several of its characteristics indicate it is a (genuine) US Half-Cent. Although it is the correct size to be a US Half-Cent, and it has a bow at the right place, with a number "1" directly under the bow... the bow is not quite the correct shape to be a genuine US Half-Cent. Therefore, the coin may be a counterfeit of a real half-cent, made during that era. Or, it may be a token or something else entirely.

The presence of the number "1" (which presumably is the top part of the horizontally-written fraction 1/200) is what has me thinking it is a US coin... even though it may be a contemporary counterfeit. I am not aware of any American token or any other nation's coinage which has that distinctive 1/200 (or 1/100) fraction under a bow. If somebody here knows of one, please speak up and point us to it.

 

[ResurrectedVirginia]

There is a pic of the front up but it is small. I will get a few more close ups of it since it may be something I completely did not expect. The front is nothing like a coin though........ you will see soon I will get better pics
I thought the center bump was a dead give away of it being a button.
I don't recall seeing a "1" under the ribbon but like I said I will definitely get some more pics because it just might turn out to be something amazing.

Bramblefind - Get out of here!! that's awesome! I will take another look at that as well. Thanks so much everyone.

 

[ResurrectedVirginia]

here are the better pics
It can be confirmed that the button is a W. H. Harrison campaign button as pointed out by Bramblefind. Good eyes man.

 

[HuntinDog]

I don't know buttons, but I would say that it is a flat button.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Your new photos, shot with different lighting from various angles, seem to show a press-mold seam (not a casting-mold seam)... along with a spot where a button-loop was attached. So I now believe it is an early-1800s brass or copper 1-piece flatbutton, with an "ornate" raised-marking backmark. That would explain why the ribbon-bow on it doesn't quite match up with the ones on early US large-cents and half-cents coins.

 

[Dug]

The last series pics made the difference. Decorative flat button.

Would have loved to have seen what it looked like before wear and the elements took their toll, particularly the back.

 

[DigIron2]

very nice finds RV