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Texas Army [Hat Star]Description
A five-pointed hat star with T-E-X-A-S and a hole in the points. Die-struck and made of coin silver.Context
Texas' Lone Star identity was formed during the Texas Revolution. This hat star was made to be worn by a Texas Army officer, and believed to have been manufactured of melted silver coins and/or scrap silver pieces in the Algiers Shipyard, New Orleans, Louisiana.