large cent made into a button

[bad Chad]

 

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[cjon455]

well that's pretty darn neat, congrats on your unique find

 

[danimal03]

Looks like some nice finds. have to love the modified large cent into a button. that would make my day.

 

[bad Chad]

Thanks. Some one told me people sown it on the inside of clothes to prove they weren't a vagrant. So they would be arrested.

 

[bad Chad]

Wouldn't

 

[keystone82]

that is one cool find!! one for the books!!!

 

[bad Chad]

Thanks keystone

 

[screwynewy]

Great finds. The large cent was most likely holed to make a childs whizzer toy. They would pass a string through the holes and tie it in a loop about 2 feet long then twisting the string tightly and pulling apart to make it spin. It would make a whizzing sound. I guess this would be the colonial equivalent of a modern day ipad.

 

[bad Chad]

Lol! That's great

 

[screwynewy]

Lol! That's great

Google colonial whizzer toy and you might see some more examples. Many of them had teeth like a round saw cut into the edges to make more noise while it spins.

 

[bad Chad]

Checking now

 

[bad Chad]

Yes there was a couple of them on google. Thanks for the info.