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Masonic Halfpenny Token
1794
James Sketchley (d. 1801?)
England: Birmingham
Copper and other metals
overall: 1/8"h x 1-1/8"dia.
Loaned by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
GL2004.4050

Masonic Token; obverse has a shield gules, a chevron, argent between three castles of the second pair of compasses extended; a dove proper on sphere; motto reads "Amor Honor Et Justitia" and "24 NOV 1790 PRINCE OF WALES ELECTED GM; reverse: within a triangle of winged cherub, resting left hand upon a plumb rule, and pointing with right hand to irradiated letter "G" within apex; reads "WISDOM / STRENGTH / BEAUTY / SIT LUX ET LUX FUIT"; reads on edge, "Payable Lancaster London or Bristol."


For further information, see Newell, Aimee, et.al., "Curiosities of the Craft: Treasures from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Collection", 2013, p. 230-231.



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