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alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 03/23/2013 3:35 pm This isn't something I've seen in U.K. masonry, does anyone have any background information on these? Report this Post to the Staff

Luvpennys Valued Member United States 102 Posts	Posted 03/23/2013 7:52 pm The insignia on the second and forth coins is "Tubal-Cain" pronounced two ball cane. From Wikipedia, Genesis 4:22 says that Tubal-cain was the "forger of all instruments of bronze and iron" (ESV) or an "instructer of every artificer in brass and iron" (KJV). Although this may mean he was a metalsmith, a comparison with verses 20 and 21 suggests that he may have been the very first artificer in brass and iron. T. C. Mitchell suggests that he "discovered the possibilities of cold forging native copper and meteoric iron. Tubal-cain has even been described as the first chemist. They look like someone just took penny's and punched them with Masonic insignias. I don't know what lodge they came from. I asked my father who is also a Mason, and he said he has not seen anything like that. But he said they were nice looking. I checked the Grand Lodge of Pa's web site. I didn't find anything there. Then did a google search for Masonic coins, nothing there. Maybe another Mason can pipe in. . Wouldn't happen to be a lodge number would there? Edited by Luvpennys 03/23/2013 8:15 pm Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 03/23/2013 8:47 pm Man Oh man, I really should have see Tubal Cain coming. At least the pun does link these to an English speaking country. They came as part of a job lot from somewhere arround the Baltic. The first one is very curious and deserves a better picture. With the exception of the central G, the entre design appears to have been soldered on, or at least it is surrounded by a slver solder-like line. Pretty much in the manner of early printed circuit boards. No lodge numbers anywhere. Report this Post to the Staff
Luvpennys Valued Member United States 102 Posts	Posted 03/24/2013 4:56 pm Got to be careful, National Treasure was a factual movie ;-) Report this Post to the Staff
Dasaki Pillar of the Community United States 500 Posts	Posted 03/24/2013 11:29 pm Oh man, I actually own one of these myself, I know nothing about it but I do know one of my relatives was a Mason. Mine is also a 'Tubal-Cain' design, though a different one than pictured here, and the direction of the indentation is reversed with the Tubal-Cain side pushed in and the Mason design side sticking out. Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 03/25/2013 6:03 pm LuvPenny - I sent you a PM - let me know if you get it! I like these - but the penny was too mangled by the punch to circulate - surely it would be better for them to be circulatable? Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 03/25/2013 6:55 pm No, the whole idea is that of a personal piece and as identificaton. Report this Post to the Staff
Nassau1975 New Member Canada 7 Posts	Posted 04/06/2013 3:50 pm well I can tell you the following.. Masonic coins like these are american or Canadian in origin. Usually given after a candidate reaches the 3rd degree. The 2nd and 4th ones are both Tubal Cane. It's a significant symbolic representation of the actual person Tubal Cane. (it's two balls and a cane..get it? haha) The 3rd is a trowel. Both symbols belong to parts of the 3rd degree. Report this Post to the Staff
SawtoothJack New Member United States 37 Posts	Posted 01/23/2019 7:40 pm Which lodge do the trowel stamped pennies come from? Report this Post to the Staff
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