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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 4171033, member: 10461&quot;]Interesting piece.&nbsp; Made into a button at one time, obviously.</p><p><br /></p><p>My thoughts?&nbsp; I do think it&#039;s contemporary, from the early 1800s.&nbsp; Was it a counterfeit that was once silver-plated?&nbsp; Hmm.&nbsp; That would be my first theory, but it seems you&#039;d still be able to see at least some faint traces of the silvering if that were the case.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really don&#039;t know, but it&#039;s intriguing, despite the damage.&nbsp; Maybe it was a dud coin that was found to be counterfeit and then fashioned into a crude button rather than throwing it away?&nbsp; Large flat buttons were the fashion in that era.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or could it have been some sort of die trial?&nbsp; I find myself doubting that, but it&#039;s an interesting possibility, perhaps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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