Two "Phoenix" Ball Buttons!!

[Rowdy Yates]

Two "Phoenix" Ball Buttons!!

Today, I just got around to cleaning the Ball Buttons I found this week. It turns out they are both "Phoenix" buttons which were manufactured for King Christophe of Haiti between 1810 and 1820!! Apparently, sometime after Christophe committed suicide in 1820, many of the buttons made their way to the West Coast. Here's a link to a brief article about them:http://www.thetreasuredepot.com/issue3/article4.htm The numbers refer to regiment groups, No. 1 being the King's regiment and No. 2 being the Queen's. The ball type like I found are considered pretty rare!

HH,

Rick

 

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[lonewolfe]

Re: Two "Phoenix" Ball Buttons!!

Nice!

hh

 

[downindixie]

Re: Two "Phoenix" Ball Buttons!!

Very unique pieces of history.I would be bouncing off the walls if I had found them.

 

[Snee]

Re: Two "Phoenix" Ball Buttons!!

Very nice!

 

[99Brown]

Re: Two "Phoenix" Ball Buttons!!

Sweet find. WTG!!

 

[EARTHWORKS]

Re: Two "Phoenix" Ball Buttons!!

Very cool! Great find!

 

[Night Stalker]

Re: Two "Phoenix" Ball Buttons!!

Nice research on those buttons RY - they look like some teriffic finds, I like them, thanks for sharing!

Happy Hunting/Night Stalker

 

[romeo-1]

Re: Two "Phoenix" Ball Buttons!!

Those buttons cleaned up real nice!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Re: Two "Phoenix" Ball Buttons!!

Nice buttons! HH, Mike

 

[goldencoin]

Re: Two "Phoenix" Ball Buttons!!

says it all

HH
-GC

 

[gmu4me]

Re: Two "Phoenix" Ball Buttons!!

Nice finds.. I have almost as much fun researching my finds as I do digging them up...