Wes Chormicle wrote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3956542234

I knew I could find a coin in the junk box to auction. A nice XF
1863 S, list value $200...... But.....

Looks like someone made it into a nice button. If memory serves, around
that time in San Francisco (from where the half dime was born), prices
were skyrocketing due to the influx of all the gold. I wonder if it cost
more than 5c to *buy* a button. If so, the maker was quite clever.

--
Bob