Made A Mason Token

Another Masons Token that so really liked. Building tools on one side with the all seeing eye at the top. The other side has the Made A Mason info.

 

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Here is one made by
Whitehead & Hoag.
I do not recall seeing one of these tokens filled out.

 

Me either. They’re all blanks, do to speak. Other than the color and the Whitehead & Hoag they’re the same.

 

Was this one of the societies that mandated the token be buried with the member at death? I seem to remember that a couple of them did that. Jim

 

I was fortunate to find this one with its original package.
Still worth at least 50¢.

 

I have no idea, I just like the amount of different tokens they have. Each lodge seems to be able to do their own thing to certain degrees.

 

one reason for the wide variety is every steel stamp maker seems to have a couple different ones. So they can stamp their own version. The other thing is Every Mason item supply catalog I have seen will have a assortment of Member tokens and some also carry the steel stamps for the DIY lodges.
Part of the deal with burying with the member is the member doesn't tell family members about it, or where the token is located. And the family soon forgets about it.
I have been told that it may be up to the local lodge ceremonials as to burying with member