vayank54 said:It's probably precivil war. They made that type of button at least into the 1870's. It's hard to tell but it looks like yours might have a Robinson backmark which would date it in the 1840's. It looks like the buttons should clean up really nice. I would soak it in a 50/50 solution of lemon juice and water or clean it with aluminum jelly. Buckleboy has a good post on cleaning buttons so you might want to check that out. If that button cleans up nice it should be worth about $15 to $20 or so.
vayank54 said:It's probably precivil war. They made that type of button at least into the 1870's. It's hard to tell but it looks like yours might have a Robinson backmark which would date it in the 1840's. It looks like the buttons should clean up really nice. I would soak it in a 50/50 solution of lemon juice and water or clean it with aluminum jelly. Buckleboy has a good post on cleaning buttons so you might want to check that out. If that button cleans up nice it should be worth about $15 to $20 or so.
Deftone said:Awesome button here is one like it! http://www.civilwaroutpost.com/m7_view_item.html?m7:item=UB14
vayank54 said:I'm with you on the cleaning only I use full strength. My feeling is the jelly is too harsh and you'd need too much exposure to get all of it off. (which usually results in less than 100% cleaning for fear of eating it up) That is EXACTLY the condition that can be hiding a beautiful button! Some of the gilt officer buttons I've dug had a crud film just as thick and they came out beautiful. Pure luck of the draw, but a serious possibility on that one!![]()