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So...I just went throguh 30$ in pennies..yuck :P..didn't find any wheaties...But.. I did come across a masonic stamped one. The stamps on his shoulder..pretty cool keeper I think :)
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also to describe..there is a G and litle compas and ruler thing on it..enclosing the "G" ...then on the back there is a little star with O E S around the points.
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No..that was another I found with just the letter "G"...this penny is way different. It has a ruler and a compas and a star on it..with G on the front and OES on the back. It's much more ornate.
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your area or bank must have a customer that used to collect counter stamped coins or something
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Here's a scan..its bad looking ..lint etc. ..but at least you get the ideea. The back letters say O E S hmm. Image:  Pennys.jpg54.51 KB |
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thats cool... I love masonic anything if u decide to sell that let me know, anything w/ a masonic symbol on it intrigues me... what kind of machinery did they have to use to push that through like that....
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See kif this isn't what you have"   dick |
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Wonder why they didn't choose to do this to a " Wheat penny" ?....The Lincoln Memorial I suppose.....Masons probably designed that too......I heard they designed the "grid" of steets and blocks in D.C. amongst many other things there !.. Edited by eaglefoot
04/28/2008 3:55 pm
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Eaglefoot, I can't answer your question, but I think they might have used them for a "counter-sign" They are good at that sort of thing. The one I posted indicates that a press with a lot more "tonnage" than the ones used for minting the coin. It is almost thru the whole bust area, and that is about the thckest part.
Dick
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I heard the smae thing, Eaglefoot, some special on the History channel, I think.
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Just FYI, OES stands for the Order of the Eastern Star, which is the sister organisation to the Masons.
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The design is the square and compasses the G alludes to God and has a deeper meaning as well. The back OES is Order of the Eastern Star. Which is another mason like fraternity but is also open to women as well as men. The star to which the letter is around represents the Eastern Star. Hope this helps. And You may have all ready been told this in which case I apologize.
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I didn't know that rjred5. Thanks for sharing and a big welcome to the family!
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Posted 04/20/2008 10:36 am
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