Solid gold button

[Golddiggerdean]

solid gold button with crown on any ideas

 

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[BigWaveDave]

You got yourself an old one, not a gold one.

 

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[galenrog]

Please let us know when you have the item tested by an experienced professional.

Time for more coffee.

 

[smokeythecat]

It's early 19th century. Nice find. Gold does not corrode.

 

[Doug H]

OMG...I laughed so hard at the replies on this thread that I had tears running out of my eyes. You guys are the best

 

[Evolution]

I have two thoughts on this one... or maybe one thought and one piece of advice. It's definitely a brass button with Gold gilt. Anything made of brass will start to show its original brass color if you scrub the heck out of it. And now the advice.... if you're finding buttons of this era on a site there's a chance you might turn up a button that has some value. The last thing you'd want to do with a valuable button would be to clean it to the point you cleaned that one. (until the brass shines through) If you were to do that to a button with any value you'd end up ruining it and also lowering the value substantially. Nice button find! Congrats!

 

[testing123]

was it a water find? brass may come out shiny even after hundreds of years

 

[sjvalleyhunter]

You got yourself an old one, not a gold one.
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Good ID!

 

[Nitric]

Like most other responses...I too believe it's brass, I'd bet on it I'm that sure(and I don't gamble). Not knocking your find at all it's a cool find!! Doesn't make it any less of a find, just not solid gold.

 

[CRUSADER]

Doesn't make it any less of a find, just not solid gold.

Sorry, but it kind of does, as a Solid Gold one would get my BANNER vote.

How many solid gold buttons has TNet posted?

 

[Scrappy]

What’s the shank made of? Gold buttons would have gold shanks as well.

 

[Aureus]

Sorry. It's brass. But it does indicate you're hunting at the right place.