Found in Foreign Coin Lot – made say HUH?

[nemo656]

I’ve been collecting US & Newfoundland coins for over 40 years and since you basically come across the same thing time and time again every once in a while I’ll buy one of those big bags of foreign coin lots on ebay just for the fun of going through what is mostly junk. It breaks up the boredom of my constant searching for particular coins. Every once in a while you come across something odd or interesting worth researching. I find it enjoyable to search through these kind of things.

 

The coin pictured came in one of those bags. Although worth next to nothing I did find it interesting to find what I think is a Free Mason symbol stamped into a penny and thought I’d share it just for the curious.

 

Enjoy

Jim

[jpcienkus]

That is cool. Interesting find.

[newprepper]

There is a clue to the treasure somewhere

[BillJones]

It looks like some sort of an odd ball chapter penny thing. I'm not a Mason so I don't know for sure. I thought that most chapter pennies were stand alone pieces, not something that was counterstamped.

[Conder101]

The early ones were stand alone, they have been using counterstamps for a long time.

[RWB]

I doubt any Lodge would do this...the work and execution are too crude.

[nemo656]

So if I clean it and make it all nice and sparkly ya think a secret map will be revealed that leads to some pot of gold? Seriously though my older brother is a mason and I will email him to ask if it might have any meaning what so ever. Still sort of a neat thing...

 

Have a great day

Jim

[nemo656]

Hmmmmm I did find this which look very similar.... Spooky.

 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/175541541/1959-d-lincoln-cent-penny-with-masonic?ref=market

 

 

[kryptonitecomics]

I have one just like it somewhere though I am not about to dig through boxes looking for it

[johnny9434]

thats a neat find. i usally get them with jfk stamped on it