continental artillery button: real of reproduction?

[bottle hunter]

Believe it or not I found a stash of relics in a bag in the basement of my family's home. In it were some coins, a pocket watch, and a very old looking button. Turns out they belonged to my brother. He got the button in the 60's. At first I thought civil war. But a friend informed me it was from the 1770's. Guessing this is a reproduction. Looked up specs on some of the reproductions out there and it is a different size. About 7/8ths of an inch across. Plus it has a lot of age and wear to it.

I'm on an android tablet and I don't see any way to upload photos. Hope it's ok to post a link here. My photobucket page:
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Thanks for any assistance on this one.

 

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[bottle hunter]

I noticed there is a red dot on the back of it. Does that mean anything? Could use some help, anyone?

 

[leddel]

looks like a reproduction to me .

 

[smokeythecat]

Due to the shank and the #4 cast into it, definitely a reproduction.