im now thinking someone at some time drilled a small hole in it. it has the marks where the post was. other than that it is in awsome shape. i will post pics of the back.
Being iam not much of a relic hunter i see it,s old Long Live the President and GW i assume George Washington but exactly what is it ? a button a campaign pin Nice find
Yes, I believe that you have easily paid for that machine. You ought to send Cintisteve another hundred bucks. Not sure of your variety, but scroll down to see some Stacks auction prices.
What appears to be a hole, may just in fact be a hole. A lot of the older coins that I find holed look like that button of your on the backside. Congratulations on a banner find!