Washington Buttons
(1789) Washington Inaugural Button Cuff Size with Unlisted Sub-Variety Star & Eagle With Shank
(1789) George Washington Inaugural Button, Small Cuff Size, "Star Above Eagle" Type, Albert WI-12F, Unlisted and Possibly Unique Sub-Variety with 40 Dots, With Shank, Near Extremely Fine.
18 mm. Cuff Size Button. A Sub-variety with 40 visible smaller dots in the border that is possibly unique. This smallest cuff size "Star Above Eagle" major design type Washington Inaugural Button is only listed by Albert with 37 large incuse dots in the border and (Rarity-4) for Type. This current specimen offered has 40 visible smaller dots within the border, plus an unknown number of additional dots, that have been hidden by some small spots of green verdigris on the surface. Aside from this old original patina, this button has excellent details and its full original shank on the back. We presume that this "40 Dot" variety is very rare, if not perhaps unique. The Stack's J. Harold Cobb Collection Sale of Washington Inaugural Buttons held January 21, 2003 did not include any example of this WI-12F "Star Above Eagle" Type major variety.
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America's First President, First Inauguration, George Washington Inaugural Buttons, Political Button, Historic Button, Commemorative Button, First United States President