General Washington Token

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I found this old house site,house has been gone for a long time.I found this General Washington token.Also a 1838 half dime,1886 indian head,1899 v nickel and a 1782 spanish silver.
The front has a picture of Washington and wrote in letters above his head General Washington.
On the back it has a eagle,above the eagle is written , IN UNITATE FORTITUDO.
Below the eagle is written, SPIEL MUNZE .Does anyone know anything about this token? All comments are welcome. Sorry for the quality of the pictures.
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It's play money Spiel Münze (Spiel Marke/Play Money). IN UNITATE FORTITUDO is Latin for "Strength in unity". It's one of a group of game counters produced by Ludwig Christian Lauer in Nuremburg, Germany in the mid to late 1860's. The weight should be about 2.2 grams, diameter of 19.24.
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I thought I had found something special.Thank you Sir for the info.
 

Well it looks nice enough for me... also I bet it is more rare than a normal coin... for me it's a good find.
 

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