Does Anybody Know What This Is?

Since it has a hole drilled into it, I think it might have been part of a souvenier that had a ribbon attached. The top of the ribbon might have had a pin which would be pinned to a lapel.

I just saw a display of such ribbons and tokens at the ANA convention. A lot of the tokens were specially made for an event -- like the anniversary of statehood or for a political convention.

I expect there are books on the subject.

I inherited a couple these and it was driving me nuts -- didn't know what they were! LOL One of mine is a colonial coin (with a clear date) and I just couldn't figure out why someone would drill two holes in it. But after seeing the display at the convention I feel fairly certain that the coin is the only part that remains of a souvenier pin of some sort.

Good eye, DVColletor. I didn't notice the wear around the hole. And since I'm a newbie it took me a few seconds to realize how you came up with that date. LOL But it is the same, as you said, just flipped.

I assume these tokens have some sort of value. I'm keeping my just because I think that they have a certain 'cool' factor. Not sure I'd buy any though...it's a whole new world of stuff to learn.

Now I have to get up and go look at mine to see if there are scratches around the holes. LOL