Three not four, yes, I based four on the assumption that Albert's book and Don Troiani's book showed two separate buttons, thus 2 there, Cole's and yours. However I see now that Troiani used the exact photograph that was in Albert's 1976 book on button and yes, if no more were reported that is correct.
With that said, the fact that two came from Valley Forge area and one from New England means there are more out there and you can ask Iron Patch about how value drops as detectorists find more and more of the rare buttons, and if they are out there, most likely more will be found.
Back in 1995 I found a USTE button , Albert's TE-1 and at the time of publishing the Albert's book in 1976, NO known examples were known to exist, but based on an 1820 act that was authorized by Congress, the making of the button, there was a possibility they did exist and I did find one.
Since this was before most internet activities and forums, I had to rely on letter writing and phone calls to determine authenticity and value. I did eventually sell it to Mr Tice and did not regret doing so, however, I always had that fear that someone would find a coat full of them in an attic and the value of mine would have dropped drastically. It did not happen, I believe to this day that button is still the only one ever found.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,104200.0.html
As far as banner, I would have recommend banner,
but, I believe banner is for recent finds and not ones from months ago, but that is the moderators and Marc's decision. Rake seems to indicate no time found but for the events that happened it does not appear to have been within the past month. I am sure a lot of us could post older finds that would truly be deserving of banner, but not a "recent find" and Marc has spelled out what is supposed to go in "Today's Finds".
Don
