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FirebirdHank 03-14-2019 06:14 PM
Rare coin???
 
I found this looking through my bin of assorted washers. I know I have seen it in there before but today it a\occurred to me that it certainly can't be a washer. I cleaned it up a little and there seems to be some numerals on it. I can make out what seems to be an "8"and what might be an "A" but that is about it. I'm thinking it is some ultra rare coin worth millions. I checked it with a magnet and it is not iron. What appears to be an 8 is located a 1 o'clock. what appears as an A is at 9 o'clock. It takes perfect light to see them.

http://i67.tinypic.com/2iw3kme.jpg

Any ideas what it might be or offers to purchase will be appreciated.

Bluesugar 03-14-2019 06:29 PM
most likely a button, an old one

Steve C. 03-14-2019 06:37 PM
While trying to determine what and if it's a coin do not clean it. Leave it as is for now.


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Steve C. 03-14-2019 06:47 PM
Stud buttons are much like shank buttons but instead of a hole they have a pin which is attached through the fabric to secure the button in place.


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Simple Man 03-14-2019 07:07 PM
Bus token.....

GT182 03-14-2019 07:46 PM
I'd say it's too big to be a button seeing it's about the size of a quarter. And it's not a coin.

indymanjoe 03-14-2019 07:57 PM
NOS and worth millions..I hope. LOL

GT182 03-14-2019 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by indymanjoe (Post 6002607)
NOS and worth millions..I hope. LOL
Wish in one hand and poop in the other. Then see what you get first. ;)

unruhjonny 03-14-2019 08:33 PM
before reading any other replies, my gut reaction was that it was an old, or old style button.

indymanjoe 03-14-2019 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by GT182 (Post 6002611)
Wish in one hand and poop in the other. Then see what you get first. ;)
the wish came first soooo lol

boltbuster 03-14-2019 09:44 PM
I believe that is a curtain weight, designed to be sewn into the bottom hem. I got some from a neighbor whose father was a draper(?). I used them for fishing.

fyrffytr1 03-14-2019 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by boltbuster (Post 6002659)
I believe that is a curtain weight, designed to be sewn into the bottom hem. I got some from a neighbor whose father was a draper(?). I used them for fishing.
That is exactly what it is. They were also used in hems of ladies dresses to keep the wind from blowing them up and they were used in the long coat tails that were worn by men.
I find them metal detecting.

Lightfoot 03-15-2019 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by GT182 (Post 6002602)
I'd say it's too big to be a button seeing it's about the size of a quarter.
Not if it were for the waistband of a pair of trousers.

dataway 03-15-2019 03:05 AM
Cool find none the less.

Once metal detecting I found the metal plate of a woman's shoe heel. It had a heart shape cut out in it. So back in the day when most people were walking on dirt, wherever this woman walked she would leave heart imprints. Probably from the middle to late 1800's.

Drag Star Le Mans 03-15-2019 03:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Lightfoot (Post 6002731)
trousers
I haven't heard anybody say that for years.

Lightfoot 03-15-2019 04:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Drag Star Le Mans (Post 6002760)
I haven't heard anybody say that for years.
Not since Mick Jagger on Get Your Ya Yas Out? lol


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