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Oneil1979
11-07-2017, 11:07 AM
Back to my 1880s permission got a nice pair of scissors with brass handled and iron shears ( they dont make then like that anymore!) a nice 1908 Indian and this weird button, around the edge it says POT.MAX.INV.CAES.MAXIMILLA above the bust is the date 1493, when i first saw it pop out i thought it was a george Washington memorial button, still looks like washington to me but the date is clear 1493 very very curious, thanks for looking happy hunting

Full Metal Digger
11-07-2017, 12:33 PM
The button is Austrian. As near as I can tell, these buttons were made from coins. But I don't know if that applied to all of them or just some of them.

Cooper
11-07-2017, 07:08 PM
Nice those scissor handles are cool would be nice if you could make some thing out of them what detector are you using couldn't find it in your bio

Ken C
11-07-2017, 07:33 PM
I found some on ebay, it seems it's a button from Austria:

61498

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-18mm-Austria-Brass-BUTTON-MAXIMILIANUS-1493-POT-MAX-INV-CAES/111314589452?hash=item19eaddd70c:g:KAsAAMXQuTNTOGj-

Oneil1979
11-07-2017, 09:42 PM
They look much better than mine�� thank you all for the ID! I will add it to my bucket of button.

aloldstuff
11-10-2017, 11:16 AM
Nice scissors, well most of them. Congrats on your keepers. :thumbsup02: