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Transformation of Legal Tender Coins into Exonumic Masonic Tokens
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Keywords

Moneda
Medalla
Ficha masónica
Resello
Sobreacuñación
Grabado
Coin
Medal
Masonic token
Countermark
Overstrike
Engraving

How to Cite

Cuadrado Merchán, M. (2025). Transformation of Legal Tender Coins into Exonumic Masonic Tokens. REHMLAC +, Journal of Historical Studies of Latin American and Caribbean Freemasonry Plus, 17(1), 136–151. https://doi.org/10.15517/rehmlac.v17i1.61598

Abstract

Exonumia is the discipline of numismatics that deals with monetized objects that lack legal tender value. In Spanish we use the term «ficha» to refer to these objects while in English they are known as token, in French jeton and in Italian gettone. Masonry also uses these objects, but with a different meaning: jetons de presence are used in the French-speaking environment while in Anglo-Saxon Masonry the tokens acquire a different function and meaning. On other occasions, legal tender coins have been used by modifying them with countermarks, overstrikes, and engravings to be used as tokens or as Masonic medals.

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