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South Carolina State Seal Coat Button - Lead Filled Front

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Item: South Carolina State Seal Coat Button - One-Piece Unfinished Field Casting
Backmark: Undetermined
Design: South Carolina state coat of arms is on a lined field. (See more on the SC state coat of arms under Comments section below.)
Construction: Convex, one-piece.
Approximate size: 22-23 mm.
Condition: Fair, excavated, shank & back missing. Rich brown patina. Front has a moderate push and is filled with white metal (see Comments section below). Rim is out of round. Front has no cracks, breaks, or repairs.
Recovered: Amelia County, VA.
Reference: Tice: SC284 
Comments:  According to "Uniform Buttons of the United States 1776-1865" by Warren K. Tice, on page 453, regarding this classification of buttons, "Confederate soldiers in the field, or very inexperienced manufacturers, made these crude buttons. They were cast of lead or pewter in cup-like fronts of two-piece buttons, or into crude metal molds. Most common varieties of South Carolina two-piece buttons were used to cast one-piece replacements."

It is possible, that the button offered here, appears to have been in the process of being cast into a one-piece as the front is still in place, but this is merely speculation.

This South Carolina state seal coat button was acquired directly from the family of the digger and will be an excellent addition to any excavated Civil War button or general relic collection.

Regarding the South Carolina state seal:

"After the 1776 battle at Sullivan's Island, South Carolina approved a coat of arms design. It shows a palmetto tree in the seashore, symbolic of a Revolutionary War fort built of palmetto logs on Sullivan's Island. At the base of the palmetto is a broken oak tree, representing the British fleet. Twelve spears are bound to the palmetto's trunk, representing the twelve other American States. A band tying the spears is inscribed Quis Separabit, meaning "Who shall separate." Beneath the oak tree is an inscription Meliorem Lapsa Locavit, or "Having fallen, it has set up a better." The latter refers to the decline of the British (oak) and the ascendence of South Carolina (palmetto.) The state motto is, Animis Opibusque Parati, meaning "Prepared in Mind and Resources"." Note: Several variations of the above state seal are found on different size and types of South Carolina buttons.

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Product Code:

PC11810

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Price:

$95.00

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