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I have one of those and my grandfather has one.
My local antique store has one too that it has been trying to sell for now 4 years for $4.
It is definitely a keeper :D
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Pillar of the Community
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I found one on ebay but nowhere near as cool as this one. Oolala, I want it ! Lol Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Bedrock of the Community
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For some reason many people have inplanted all sorts of things on Lincoln Cents. And too, there are people that collect those. Many different types have been posted here in the past.
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Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm putting it in my collection of cs coins.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
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Gonna take this opportunity to show off my Freemason counterstamped Lincoln Cent. Looks either chrome or more likely rhodium plated. Someone drilled a hole to wear it as a charm/pendant. Yes it needs a bath.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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esandweiss: curious about what you tried to post, send me a PM if you want.
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Pillar of the Community
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My great uncle was a freemason and had one just like the OPs. Think I have it, but not sure where.
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Pillar of the Community
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I have several of the freemason cents you have, one is on a BU 45 wheat and another on a 44 much like yours. I would venture to say these were produced during that time. There have been other types of counterstamps that have been done up until the 70's that have Kennedy's head, states, and love/heart stamps. They're cool to find if you come across them.
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I have found one but it was stamped on the open field in front of Lincoln if I can find It I will post pics.
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United States
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Hi JerseyBen...I saw a post you made about your masonic penny. I think I have something near identical to it. Ironically I live in Sewell near Mantua,NJ... This was my grandfather's and I don't know much about it at all... I was curious if you knew anything about these. Thanks for any help!
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05/10/2014 12:55 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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In the 19th century when someone would join a Mason lodge he would be presented with a copper medal about large cent sized. It would have a keystone one it, other Mason tools and symbols and the lodge number and location. These were known as Mason cents or Mark Penneys. The were a talman by whch one Mason could dentify himself to another. Well I would imagine as membership declined in the 20th century it became prohibitively expensive to have special dies made p and strike the tokens. It was easier and cheaper to simply have a punch made and counterstamp a one cent piece. The date on the cent probably indicates the year the person became a Mason.
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