PIN-BACK BUTTONS & POLITICAL COLLECTIBLES 

a showy, but inferior and worthless thing. The term used for reproduction and fantasy  political items.

any political item that pictures or names a candidate for a high office in combination with one  or more candidates for lower offices.  For example, a button showing a presidential candidate  along wi [..]

the circular metal ring in the back of a celluloid button used to hold the celluloid covering and  paper with the image to the metal disk.

the rounded edge of a button.

an inscription on a button specifying who authorized or paid for the item, usually printed on  the curl.

a term coined by Ted Hake in the 1960s to designate items newly created but depicting   some older collectible subject.  Such items are unauthorized and never existed during the time period that produ [..]

a tintype photograph held in a brass frame or disk, sometimes with a cloth covered rim.  If  photos are placed on both front and back surfaces, the rim is usually holed so a small ribbon can  affix th [..]

a plastic sheet, usually made as a button, showing one image that shifts to a second image  when tilted or viewed from a different perspective.

stain marks, usually brown, on the paper under the celluloid covering of a button.  Foxing is  caused by water, or even long exposure to high humidity, rusting the metal disk behind the   button paper [..]