Uncleaned and as recovered. Many types. Date range is 18th through 19th century.
These buttons were used by Spanish Colonials in Florida with most recovered from St. Augustine.
The buttons are all hand cast, made of copper alloy, and with integral shanks with drilled eyelets.
Standard US quarter shown for scale (not included).
I purchased an extensive button collection from a former colleague back in 2015, and I have been studying and cataloging them since.
My colleague was a well-known amateur archaeologist. He used metal detectors and pioneered some of the search methodologies still used today. He visited quite literally thousands of historic sites here and the US and abroad.
From a smoke-free home.
I am visually disabled. If I miss something, it is NOT intentional.