[Exonumia] Anonymous Masonic penny token - salesman sample?

I've handled many different Masonic penny tokens of various designs. All of them have had the lodge name, number, year of charter and city/state.

This one is completely anonymous, the outer circle around "one penny" where the lodge info would be is blank.

I'm thinking it may be a salesman sample or something of that sort, where it would be presented to advertise the design. Then if a contract was hashed out, the finished product would be delivered with the lodge info added to the main design.

Anyone familiar with these?

 

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These are "generic" Masonic Pennies for lodges which did not want to spend the money for "personalized" ones.

 

Makes sense, thanks

 

I agree with willieboyd. I've seen hundreds of these generics over the years.

Bruce

 

First one I've come across, though I've seen hundreds of the non-generic type