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metaldetectingtaylor Valued Member 136 Posts	Posted 05/02/2010 5:58 pm Went metal detecting at an 1850's house and found this. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 05/02/2010 7:15 pm This looks like a handmade button and not a coin. Report this Post to the Staff
metaldetectingtaylor Valued Member 136 Posts	Posted 05/02/2010 7:17 pm If it was a button why is there a design on both sides and no sign of where a loop would be? Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 05/02/2010 7:31 pm The area on the reverse side looks to me where a loop could have been attached. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 05/02/2010 7:40 pm It's definitely not a coin; I'd agree with the button theory. The loop would have been attached where the oddly coloured lump of metal inside the wreath would be. Quote: If it was a button why is there a design on both sides... Many old buttons had markings on both sides. Often, the manufacturer would identify themselves on the back, around the attachment loop. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
metaldetectingtaylor Valued Member 136 Posts	Posted 05/02/2010 7:40 pm That could be true. I just seems to me as if that part of the coin was just worn a little about. I also thought it was a coin because of the branches on the front side. I see that on so many coins. Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 05/19/2010 03:38 am I agree. Once a button, but I also think fashioned from a U.S. Half Cent and brutally modified as to details. swcoin.ecrater.com Edited by vermontensium 05/19/2010 03:38 am Report this Post to the Staff
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