i dont know

[rocky raccoon]

i don't know

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[kuger]

Re: i don't know

Not sure what your asking?One is a Ball button though

 

[rocky raccoon]

Re: i don't know

yeah i got frustrated trying to post...the round is a zouve,wantin to know if the silver is silver or platinum?

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Re: i don't know

The button you are asking about is neither silver nor platinum. It is a metal called "White-Tombac" ...which is an alloy containing three metals ...consisting mostly of copper, with some zinc, and arsenic. Perhaps because of the arsenic in it, White-Tombac buttons are often dug with very nearly no verdigris/patina on them, even still showing a grey-silver lustre (shine, gleam) after 200 years in the ground. The lustre typically shows best on a White Tombac button's back, because unlike the front side, its back side was usually "turned" smooth in a lathe.

 

[rocky raccoon]

Re: i don't know

dang man kudos, i have a couple of other things to post,ya still game?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: i don't know

...the round is a zouve,

ball button. not necessarily Zouave but a nice find.

 

[kuger]

Re: i don't know

...the round is a zouve,

ball button. not necessarily Zouave but a nice find.

Yep...the Chinese wore a lot of too

 

[IronSpike]

Re: i don't know

Nice buttons

 

[rocky raccoon]

Re: i don't know

#2 pic is the back of the star button