PA Sleuth
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- Nov 26, 2014
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- Garrett Ace 250, Minelab E Trac, XP Deus
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Found a Spanish coinage facsimile cuff button dated 1744 in Chester, County PA. Did some research and found a thread from 2004 here on TreasureNet with some useful information and a link to a website with more information:
Here is an excerpt from that page: "In addition to their use in peninsular Spain and in that nation's colonies, miniature Spanish coin cuff link buttons were also popular among England's colonists in eastern North America, as attested to by the recovery of these buttons from sites in New England through New York to the English Carolinas and Georgia. The paucity of English currency in America forced Britain's American colonists to rely upon Spanish coinage as an unauthorized but almost universal standard. As tensions grew between the American colonists and their mother country in the years immediately prior to the onset of the American War for Independence, these were also no doubt worn by the American colonists as symbols of defiance against the policies of the British Crown and Parliament. "
Patriotic & Commemorative Buttons
This site is dedicated to the exhibition and interpretation of ca. 1650-1821 Spanish colonial military artifacts from the former Spanish Floridas and Louisiana. Emphasis is on such uniform-related materials as buttons, buckles, and insignia.
www.artifacts.org
Here is an excerpt from that page: "In addition to their use in peninsular Spain and in that nation's colonies, miniature Spanish coin cuff link buttons were also popular among England's colonists in eastern North America, as attested to by the recovery of these buttons from sites in New England through New York to the English Carolinas and Georgia. The paucity of English currency in America forced Britain's American colonists to rely upon Spanish coinage as an unauthorized but almost universal standard. As tensions grew between the American colonists and their mother country in the years immediately prior to the onset of the American War for Independence, these were also no doubt worn by the American colonists as symbols of defiance against the policies of the British Crown and Parliament. "
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