The War of Jenkins Ear morphed into the War of Austrian Secession 
1742-44, but I can't think of any battles to commemorate. Maybe a 
Privateer got a galleon full of reales?

On 1/4/2012 1:16 PM, Walker Cooper wrote:
> Perhaps King George's War?  I know that it involved mostly Northeastern
> areas of North America but I wouldn't put it outside the realm of
> possibility that they issued this coin-button as a commemoration piece for
> the entire American colonies.
>
> 1744 was a leap year maybe its commemorating that?  Sorry, I had to throw
> that in- it was too funny.
>
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Daniel Martin<[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> Treaty of Lancaster ?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Olive
>> Jones
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 9:34 AM
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>> Subject: Re: 1744 button
>>
>> oops, should have looked up the date before I posted.  Sorry, it was 1745.
>> Olive Jones
>>