.....These buttons are really a Mystery......I do not have one yet.....but am trading with a friend on the West Coast for one......They seem to be found mainly on the West Coast but a few have been found East of the Mississippi....These are Magnificient looking buttons with the Phoenix bird as the main design with usually a number ....like..... No.29.......the consensus is that these buttons was made for the Government of Haiti in 1820....but there was a Revolt so the button maker had all of these buttons and no one to send it to.....they ended up being sold to traders on the West Coast who in turn traded them to the Indians.....so most of these come out of old Indian sites/villages....or fur trading type posts....................Joe

That's a great story. I hope you get one of them and post the pic!