Almy
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Got out for a hunt yesterday on a slope among very old apple trees. I have found a 1813 Wellington halfpenny token a few years ago nearby. For a site near an old homestead and having the apple trees, the finds have been sparse. But it's close and a nice place, so I go there once in awhile.
This time I found a forged nail and a button. The button is 1" diameter and 70 thousands (about 1/16") thick. It's green corrosion suggests copper content.
When I was getting ready to photograph it, I dropped it onto a concrete floor. That caused the chip in the edge. The chip showed either the button was made of pewter or its copper-based alloy has corroded all the way through. The soldered-on loop supports copper.
The button top seems to have a figure like Brittania, some lettering above Brittania's head and a line and place for a date underneath. But it's all very faint and I might be imagining things. It seems too thin to have been a coin converted to a button, but what I think I see on the surface makes me wonder. The back with the loop seems plain.
If it weren't for the chip and the vague figure and lettering, I would have concluded that it is a plated brass or copper button from the early 1800s. But the unusual features make me wonder. I would appreciate insight from others.
This time I found a forged nail and a button. The button is 1" diameter and 70 thousands (about 1/16") thick. It's green corrosion suggests copper content.
When I was getting ready to photograph it, I dropped it onto a concrete floor. That caused the chip in the edge. The chip showed either the button was made of pewter or its copper-based alloy has corroded all the way through. The soldered-on loop supports copper.
The button top seems to have a figure like Brittania, some lettering above Brittania's head and a line and place for a date underneath. But it's all very faint and I might be imagining things. It seems too thin to have been a coin converted to a button, but what I think I see on the surface makes me wonder. The back with the loop seems plain.
If it weren't for the chip and the vague figure and lettering, I would have concluded that it is a plated brass or copper button from the early 1800s. But the unusual features make me wonder. I would appreciate insight from others.
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