1913 AR/GS Union Lodge No. 7 Denver Colorado 50th Anniv Masonic Medal NGC MS62
1913 AR/GS Union Lodge No. 7 Denver Colorado 50th Anniversary Masonic Medal. A well struck uncirculated example with superb detail and multiple historic references. A brilliant, silver-colored, center surrounded by light toning is exhibited on the obverse, whereas a primarily untoned silver surface is exhibited on the reverse. Struck from an extremely unique combination of metals as noted on the NGC label: AR/GS = Silver Plated German Silver.
AR = Silver (ranging from high purity to +/- 25% pure). GS = German Silver (a silver-white alloy of copper, zinc, and nickel). This piece in particular recognizes the 50th anniversary of the Denver, Colorado Freemason's Masonic Lodge #7. Chartered on 11/03/1863 by the Colorado A.
Is a Masonic Lodge in Denver, Colorado. Union #7 is part of District 56a. The Lodge still meets to this day. It should be noted that this particular lodge was erected in 1863, amongst the midst of the Civil War.
Additionally, the G symbol on the reverse refers to "Grand;" sometimes read as Great. It also alludes to God, geometry or the Great Architect of the Universe. The historical references of both the Civil War and the Freemason Society in Colorado make this piece all the more fascinating.
A Masonic lodge, often termed a private lodge or constituent lodge, is the basic organisational unit of Freemasonry. It is also commonly used as a term for a building in which such a unit meets. Freemasonry was exported to the British Colonies in North America in the 1730s. After the American Revolution, independent U.
Grand Lodges formed within each state. Credited Source: Masonic Lodge of Education.
RARITY: Unknown; Likely rare (I have yet to encounter another example). (AR/GS [Silver Plated German Silver], 32mm, Round, Plain Edge). OBVERSE: Union Lodge No 7. / November 20th / 1863 / (Depiction of 2 crossed American flags) / 1913 / Denver, Colo. REVERSE: (Masonic "G" symbol with protractor, geometric ruler, and rays).