Are the GI 95 and 97 and the GII 52, historical flasks the oldest made?

[JOETHECROW]

Hey Mike,..Very cool as well....So the coins pretty much date the piece, eh? I'm surprised the heat didn't discolor the coins,....although I do remember little clear bottles blown around a penny as souveniers when I was younger,....[] All in all a very interesting thread! Thanks guys. Joe

 

[cobaltbot]

I was looking at GII-54 flasks and noticed that the furled flag side has what appears to be 7 columns of 4 stars for a total of 28. Using Steve's cool timeline this would be 1846 -47. Is this a case where they were using the latest flag?