Found this odd button in a bag of coins I purchased. Can someone help me identify it?

[bobsagetworld1]

So yeah, I found this button when I went to buy some coins off my coin dealer. It turns out that this weird button was in there and surprised me a bit. I tried to find a website with the same or similiar button on it, but I am having no such luck. Please, if someone can help me, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

 

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[Jason in Enid]

Size means a lot here! It looks like a coin that was turned into a button. The design is the same as a "Pillar dollar" but I bet it's smaller than a silver dollar.

 

[vor]

If it weren't for the reverse, I would say it looks designed after this:

 

[savant365]

Patriotic & Commemorative Buttons

Try this site, it's hard to tell but it looks pretty close.

"Made of copper that was originally lightly gilded, this copy of a 1764 Mexico City Mint pillar dollar once mounted a now-absent looped wire shank in the raised mound, or "boss," on its reverse face. A similar example from St. Augustine, Florida bearing the date 173– (the last numeral is illegible) reposes in the Emilio collection in the Essex Institute in Salem, Massachusetts. This specimen was recovered in eastern Florida."

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[bobsagetworld1]

Thank you! That looks very similiar to what I have, but I cant tell if it's completely legit or not. Some of it seems a little bit off, but I can barely make out 1 and a 7 at the bottom. Thank you so much, you have helped alot!

 

[savant365]

I don't think this is the exact button but I hope it helps you in the right direction. Good luck,

Charlie