Washington Centennial token?

[EARTHWORKS]

Hey guys: Found this in the morning at a old site in Poughkeepsie, NY. It reads "Centennial of peace between United States and Great Britain 1783-1883". On back " Washington's Headquarters Newburgh, NY.
Any help on how old? 1883?
Thanks,
Earthworks...

 

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[bergie]

Dude - really cool find for the history of the local area as it relates to U.S. History....I am still looking, so far I found this at an auction site called Bobslawsky.com, but no indication of price:
180. Centennial of Peace between United States & Great Britain (Washington) 1783-1883, rev. Washington's Headquarters (pict) Newburgh, NY, wm, 32mm, XF-AU hfs, tiny dig on obverse

 

[bergie]

Scroll to item 6410 and it is included at the end of that listing. Originally it had a ribbon attached. Looks like it was make in 1883 vs. a later date. This was from a 2006 "Heritage Signature Auction" no prices given here. No photo unfortunately.
http://books.google.com/books?id=El...oken washington "centennial of peace"&f=false

 

[bergie]

Here's the same lot/sale with photo you can see of it with ribbon attached, but unfortunately it doesn't enlarge, at least on my computer. Can't get price without signing up. I think these were all sold together anyway. Cool find!
http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=416&Lot_No=6410#Photo

 

[relic lover]

It was holed with a square nail so I say it is from 1883

 

[GoingDown]

excellent find & ID!!!!!

 

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[CRUSADER]

It was holed with a square nail so I say it is from 1883

What interests me as that it was a common form of cancelling a token (ie square nail in centre). However, this seems to have been done to a pewter medallion Maybe it was coin like enough for it to have been punched out of possible circulation with other strange coins