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 Post subject: Re: Curious Masonic Emblem
PostPosted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 2:17 am 
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See, that's the kind of feedback I was hoping for. For it's size it seems quite light to me. Would that indicate a nickel alloy? Iron is quite dense I believe. I have also found that the G is absent more often than I first believed, I stumbled on a forum for members where they were discussing it earlier today.

As for the symbolism, I only brought that up because some seemed hesitant to discuss it on that basis and I wanted to encourage further discussion.


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 1:53 pm 
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this Masonic Token belongs to a Lodge, probably US based, if you search in Lodges maybe you find which one it belongs to
anyway this token does not have good quality,
as for price i think ebay will give you a good idea
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Tokens-Masonic-Coins

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I'm not concerned about price, it wasn't my intention to sell it, just learn about it.


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beside what has been discussed there are many Masonic websites with useful information that you can learn about the symbolism and ideology behind it.

personally if the quality of your emblem was good i would make a keychain out of it, its a hobby of mine that i make keychain with coins, sometimes i make a silver frame and change the rare coins inside it time to time.

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That's a cool idea Farshid...... :shock: oh, but then there are so many folks who innocently misinterpret symbolism, you'd have to be cautious when you pulled out your keys.


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Barbra Voltaire wrote:
That's a cool idea Farshid...... :shock: oh, but then there are so many folks who innocently misinterpret symbolism, you'd have to be cautious when you pulled out your keys.

yeah many people might think you belong to a cult or secret society!!...

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This may be an invitation token. Freemasonry is an invite only membership where new prospective members are recruited with symbolism covertly. Just a guess thou.

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As good a guess as any :)


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