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Item Code: 2026-89
This is an excavated two-piece coat button. Button is in “dug” condition with a dent on one edge. The face features a large central star with an “I” in the center. Surrounding the star are all the spaced letters of “M I S S I S S I P P I”. Face has a slightly rough surface from wherever it was recovered. Some minor traces of its original gilt in the recesses and surrounding the letters. Reverse has the shank with remnants of a Hyde & Goodrich backmark.
Unknown recovery location. [jet] [ph:L]
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