✅ SOLVED Need Help Indentifying this Aluminum Piece.

[Wannabe Treasure Hunter]

OK, I am hoping someone can help me figure out what this is... It is made from aluminum and measures 1 5/16" across and has no makers marks on the back. It appears to have had something attached to it right across the middle and I was thinking a Pin like to attach it to your lapel, but that is just a guess. I think it says JAJ WEST HATTIESBURG MISS. I am not 100% on the "A" in "JAJ" and it looks like there could possibly have been some other letter or marking between the "T" in "WEST" and the "H" in "Hattiesburg". This was recovered in Petal, Ms. on 09.28.2017...

 

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[G.A.P.metal]

Used to be a machine at county fairs and such...that you could print anything on alum.disc like yours .
Gary

 

[Tpmetal]

its a good luck charm popular in arcades customaizable and stamped by a machine

 

[Tpmetal]

Used to be a machine at county fairs and such...that you could print anything on alum.disc like yours .
Gary

man your quick

 

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[Tpmetal]

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[jewelerguy]

it was made using one of these vending machines. it was a do-it-yourself souvenir https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=3741

 

[Wannabe Treasure Hunter]

Thanks to all of you for helping figure this out... I'll be honest, I was so stuck on it being some kind of local token that fair/carnival/arcade/zoo souvenir never crossed my mind...