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Connecticut Historical Society collections, 1985.229.0 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
Commemorative Coin
Connecticut Historical Society collections, 1985.229.0 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Commemorative Coin

Subject (American, 1750 - 1826)
Date1939
Mediumbronze
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (diameter): 1 1/4in. (3.2cm)
ClassificationsSocial Groups
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionA commemorative coin for the sesquicentennial of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut in 1939. One side of the coin has a relief portrait of Pierpont Edwards, the first Grand Master in 1789-1790. The reverse side has a relief image of the emblem of the Grand Lodge, which is the all-seeing-eye above the crossed Masonic compass and square with a "G" in the center.
Object number1985.229.0
On View
Not on view
Gift of anonymous, 1983.9.61 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
A. E. Betts
after 1914
Gift of anonymous, 1983.9.62 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Royal Arch Masons
1898
Connecticut Historical Society collections, 1985.228.1 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
Whitehead and Hoag Company
1914
Gift of anonymous, 1983.9.18 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Whitehead and Hoag Company
1905
Gift of anonymous, 1983.9.34 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Whitehead and Hoag Company
1905
Gift of anonymous, 1983.9.72 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Knights Templar
1890
Gift of Mrs. C. Edwin Blake, 1974.83.4 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Whitehead and Hoag Company
1906
Gift of Mrs. Leslie T. Goodrich, 1966.76.0a © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Whitehead and Hoag Company
1914
Gift of anonymous, 1983.9.13 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Knights Templar
1890
Gift of anonymous, 1983.9.71 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Knights Templar
1890
Gift of Mrs. Howard P. Hayden, 1977.75.4a © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
1925
Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth Sanderson Cushman, 1964.101.5 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Whitehead and Hoag Company
about 1934