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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 1815225, member: 4910&quot;]I have this imitation Masonic &quot;Penny&quot; parody token.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am trying to find out who made them and when.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_token_masonic_xangti.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse:</p><p>Cartoon demon with big ears and fangs</p><p>XANGTI CHAPTER No. 666</p><p>COWANS, U.S.A.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse:</p><p>PROCUL O PROCUL ESTE PROFANI</p><p>INSTITUTED APR 27TH 1741</p><p>ONE PENNY</p><p>Coffin with legend letters possibly &quot;TUAPNOII&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Metal: Aluminum</p><p>Size: 34mm</p><p>Weight: 4.09gm</p><p><br /></p><p>Masonic Pennies are used by some Freemasonry lodges, primarily Royal Arch Masons (RAM).</p><p><br /></p><p>A real Masonic Penny sometimes looks like this:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_token_masonic_sanfrancisco.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Masonic &quot;Penny&quot; San Francisco Chapter RAM</p><p><br /></p><p>The imitation is 34mm and aluminum, most real Masonic pennies are 32mm and bronze.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Latin slogan &quot;Procul O Procul Este Profani&quot; is</p><p>&quot;Keep away, keep far away, you profane ones!&quot; or more simply &quot;Members only&quot;.</p><p>It is used in the ancient Roman poet Virgil&#039;s <i>Aenead</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>In Freemasonry, the word &quot;profane&quot; means &quot;uninitiated&quot; or not a Freemason, and a</p><p>&quot;Cowan&quot; is an intruder, someone who attends lodge meetings but is not a member.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Xangti&quot; might be a Western name for a Chinese god.</p><p>The number &quot;666&quot; is the Biblical &quot;Mark of the Beast&quot; of Revelations.</p><p>I can not find out any significance for the date &quot;April 27, 1741&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>These items are professionally made, not some kids fooling around in a high school metal shop.</p><p>They would have been made some time ago as few people now would recognize a Masonic Penny.</p><p>Many Masonic lodges have closed due to lack of new members.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any information to the manufacturer or date would be most helpful.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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