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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1806041, member: 19463&quot;]From Wikipedia (Button):</p><p><i>&quot;Buttons made from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seashell" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seashell" rel="nofollow">seashell</a> were used in the Indus Valley Civilization for ornamental purposes by 2000 BCE.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button#cite_note-Hesse.26Hesse-6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button#cite_note-Hesse.26Hesse-6" rel="nofollow">[6]</a> Some buttons were carved into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_shape" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_shape" rel="nofollow">geometric shapes</a> and had holes pierced into them so that they could be attached to clothing with thread.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button#cite_note-Hesse.26Hesse-6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button#cite_note-Hesse.26Hesse-6" rel="nofollow">[6]</a> Ian McNeil (1990) holds that: &quot;The button, in fact, was originally used more as an ornament than as a fastening, the earliest known being found at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohenjo-daro" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohenjo-daro" rel="nofollow">Mohenjo-daro</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley" rel="nofollow">Indus Valley</a>. It is made of a curved shell and about 5000 years old.&quot;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button#cite_note-7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button#cite_note-7" rel="nofollow">[7]</a></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>&quot;The earliest functional buttons were found in the tombs of conquering Hungarian tribes from the late 9th century.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button#cite_note-8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button#cite_note-8" rel="nofollow">[8]</a> Functional buttons with buttonholes for fastening or closing clothes appeared first in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" rel="nofollow">Germany</a> in the 13th century.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button#cite_note-9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button#cite_note-9" rel="nofollow">[9]</a> They soon became widespread with the rise of snug-fitting garments in 13th- and 14th-century <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe" rel="nofollow">Europe</a>.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>It is quite possible that the 3 hole coin was a decoration but it may have been nailed to a coffin/memorial rather than sewn to cloth.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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