Old Button, Is it worth anything, and can you tell me about it?

arsurfco · Apr 6, 2011

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to see if anyone could tell me something about this button I found. I have no idea what kind of writing is on it but the date on it is old. I think it's silver but no stamping on the back of it. Thanks for any hints on what it could be.

Aaron R.

ipsilateral · Apr 6, 2011

It says Austria and has the Austrian eagle, so that's probably a good start. It looks like it might have been made from a 1750 Austrian coin, but I am no expert.

randazzo1 · Apr 7, 2011

Way outisde my knowledge base but it seems its on this website as Maria Theresia Thaler - fourth or fifth one down - also say's some of them are buttons. A good find.

http://www.theresia.name/cgi-bin/Token.cgi?Database=Token.1760&Language=en

CRUSADER · Apr 9, 2011

randazzo1 said:
Way outisde my knowledge base but it seems its on this website as Maria Theresia Thaler - fourth or fifth one down - also say's some of them are buttons. A good find.

http://www.theresia.name/cgi-bin/Token.cgi?Database=Token.1760&Language=en

Agreed, a well known Button, copying the coin :icon_thumright: