A large button found

Barneymartin3 said:

This is the largest button I have ever found. It is larger than a half dollar and looks to be made of copper. It has a basket weave pattern and the shank is still present. How old would it be? I assume it was a coat button.

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Very cool button, Barney! The basket weave pattern is awesome! No doubt that it has some age to it...just a question of how much. It's hard to tell just from the photos, but it wouldn't surprise me one bit if that's an 18th century "dandy" button. Fantastic find!

Here's a link that has a little more about dandy buttons, and lots of pictures that you can compare with yours:

https://www.esmdaclub.com/post/18th-century-colonial-sunday-best-dandy-buttons