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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

SubjectPortrait of Pierpont Edwards 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
InscribedRecto, inscribed: "FIRST GRAND MASTER, 1789-1790/ PIERPONT EDWARDS"

Verso, inscribed: "GRAND LODGE OF CONNECTICUT/ SESQUI-CENTENNIAL/ 1789 1939/ WHITEHEAD & HOAG"
Subject Terms
    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
    Gift of anonymous, 1983.9.18 © 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 anonymous, 1983.9.34 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Whitehead and Hoag Company
    1905
    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