Posted 07/04/2021 08:28 am
To Tdziemia's request I cannot provide a photo of my button as it is highly corroded. When I googled 1744 button I found an image of someone else's 1744 reale button they found but theirs is convex and of two parts whereas mine is perfectly flat and of one piece (plus loop welded to back) and only of 10 mm diameter. Both are obviously not actual coins. Thus, more than one manufacturer felt it important enough to make a copy of the coin into a button.
I am thinking the button either came from a Mexican made piece of clothing or there was an interest in the history of something tied to Mexico in 1744 or perhaps the meaning in the wording of the coin: "On both sides - Unity" that even folks in NE USA found it of importance. Perhaps an expert of early American clothing is the better person to ask.
Perhaps the Quakers, who did not want to see us go to war with Britain, may have appreciated the phrase "on both sides unity."
Thank you to all who have pondered my question.
I am thinking the button either came from a Mexican made piece of clothing or there was an interest in the history of something tied to Mexico in 1744 or perhaps the meaning in the wording of the coin: "On both sides - Unity" that even folks in NE USA found it of importance. Perhaps an expert of early American clothing is the better person to ask.
Perhaps the Quakers, who did not want to see us go to war with Britain, may have appreciated the phrase "on both sides unity."
Thank you to all who have pondered my question.
