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Masonic Challenge Coins For Every Lodge
As the world’s oldest fraternal organization, Freemasonry is steeped in tradition and well known for iconic symbols that adorn their lodges, apparel, and challenge coins: the square and compasses to represent virtue and morality, the eye of providence and the letter G that reference the grand architect of the universe. Every symbol tells a story, just like every challenge coin tells a story.
We’ve made coins for Masons around the world. Lodges commonly choose high polish gold plating, deep purple enamel, intricate edges, and the symbols themselves. A square and compasses in raised gold reads clearly on a purple field.
What a Masonic coin is
When a lodge or a Grand Lodge wants its members to carry something that shows where they belong, it orders Masonic challenge coins. The Craft has used tokens for a long time, going back to the Mark Mason's penny a man carried to let others know who he was and which lodge had raised him. That kind of coin fills the same place today. It sits in a pocket as a quiet sign of membership, and on a visit away from home it gives the Masons in the room a natural opening to ask where he comes from.
The emblems on Freemason challenge coins are the ones a Mason already knows from his lodge room. He can name them on his own. The square and compasses stand for keeping one's actions square and within due bounds, and the letter G accompanies that emblem. With those, a lodge will include the all-seeing eye, the two pillars of Solomon's Temple, its name and number, the year of its charter, and the motto its members use. Scottish Rite coins carry the double-headed eagle and the number 32 or 33.
How lodges use their coins
A lodge gives coins when it raises a new Master Mason, when it installs the incoming Worshipful Master, for a past master's year, on a charter anniversary, and to Masons who have given years of service. The lodge orders ahead of the occasion so the coin is ready when the day arrives. We offer velvet boxes and coin capsules when the lodge wants a formal way to hand the coin over.
Appendant bodies order coins for their own members.
A lodge presents some of its coins and sells others to members and to friends, raising money for the charities it supports. If the lodge plans another sale, it can reorder the same design within 3 years of the last order without a new mold charge.
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Mark a lodge
anniversary
Brothers look forward to a charter night all year, and a lodge seal on the coin makes the day feel real when you hold it. Someone will take it out later and tell who stood with them that night.
Honor a
Master's year
A Worshipful Master or a Grand Master gets a coin for his year in the East. His name and the term go on it. The lodge presents it at installation, or when the year closes.
Welcome new
Master Masons
The first visit to another lodge is easier with something from home in his pocket. A newly raised Master Mason can carry your motto as a hello from the brothers who raised him. Brothers there will want to know where it came from.
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Everything you need to know about designing, ordering, and creating your custom Freemason challenge coins.
A Masonic challenge coin is a lodge’s own token. A Mason carries his among men from other lodges. Once they have seen it, they can ask about his lodge.
The square and compasses ask a Mason to deal honestly and to hold his conduct to the proper limits. He finds the letter G with that pair too. It means Geometry and God, and the all-seeing eye conveys divine watchfulness.
Yes. Hold the sale at your charter anniversary and put the money toward charity. The mold stays on file 3 years from the latest order, and each reorder restarts that window. You can come back for the next sale.
Yes. We make coins for the Scottish Rite, the Shriners, the York Rite, the Order of the Eastern Star, and Prince Hall lodges. A patch, a badge, a photo, or a few notes will get the artwork started.
The smallest order we take is 50 coins, and we usually recommend 100. The quantity discount at that tier makes 100 cost only a little more in total than 50.
Production usually takes 3-4 weeks from when you approve the proof. Plan on a few days in transit. If the lodge has a ceremony date, tell your rep the deadline up front so they can confirm the turnaround before you accept the artwork.