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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wade12, post: 1515721, member: 30812&quot;]MYSTERY SOLVED:</p><p><br /></p><p>the &#039;coin&#039; is from a high school fraternity formed in Muncie Indiana in 1899. beta phi sigma.</p><p>source: American Secondary School Fraternities published in 1912 by J. Ward Brown.</p><p><br /></p><p>it went on to be a national fraternity with 74 chapters. off shoots can be found around the globe.</p><p><br /></p><p>some history of the fraternity can be found here: <a href="http://betans1979r7.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://betans1979r7.blogspot.ca/" rel="nofollow">http://betans1979r7.blogspot.ca/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>the text in the crest does not exactly match any of the chapters at the time the book was published, so it is likely it was either produced very early on in the evolution of the fraternity, or was for a chapter added after the book was published, or is code/motto/membership rank etc. i would tend to lean towards for a chapter added after 1912.</p><p><br /></p><p>the PENNY used was in production from the US mint from 1860-1909, it is entirely possible that it was stamped into badge form any time after 1899 up until present day, but most likely in the first quarter of the 20th century</p><p><br /></p><p>thanks for everyone&#039;s input[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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