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I spent the last three mornings hunting the fields of a horse farm. I kept wondering why so much clad was being pulled from around the barn and after talking to the owner found out that they held dances there for over two decades. BTW there were more pull tabs and beaver tails than clad.
Today I started to walk the big fields in hopes of something more interesting and was not disappointed. Amongst the usual stuff I dug a "$3000 BRAZEN COIN" issued by the Modern Woodmen of America. No its not worth $3000. The company, still in business today, is an insurance company founded in 1883. Created as an organization that would protect families following the death of a breadwinner.
"Modern Woodmen had a unique set of membership restrictions and criteria. Religiously, the group was quite open, accepting "Jew and Gentile, the Catholic and Protestant, the agnostic and the atheist." However, until the mid-1900s, membership was restricted to white males between the ages of 18 and 45 from the 12 "healthiest" states – Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas. Residents of large cities were also disqualified from membership, as were those employed in certain professions, such as railway workers, underground miners, gunpowder factory employees, liquor wholesalers and manufacturers, saloon keepers, "aeronauts", sailors on the lakes and seas, and professional baseball players."[1]
The obverse pictures a radiant winged figure above a shield portraying upside down hammer and axe, handles crossed, wedge above trident left, orbed scepter right, wreath below over motto on banner legend above and below between 2 rings, 5-point stars left and right.
The reverse pictures an upside down hammer and axe, handles crossed, wedge above
legend above, value below between 2 rings.
The $3000 Brazen Coin from the MWA is a reference to a $3000 life insurance policy issued by that organization.
Thanks for looking.
1. Alan Axelrod International Encyclopedia of Secret Societies and Fraternal Orders New York; Facts on File, inc 1997 p. 264
Today I started to walk the big fields in hopes of something more interesting and was not disappointed. Amongst the usual stuff I dug a "$3000 BRAZEN COIN" issued by the Modern Woodmen of America. No its not worth $3000. The company, still in business today, is an insurance company founded in 1883. Created as an organization that would protect families following the death of a breadwinner.
"Modern Woodmen had a unique set of membership restrictions and criteria. Religiously, the group was quite open, accepting "Jew and Gentile, the Catholic and Protestant, the agnostic and the atheist." However, until the mid-1900s, membership was restricted to white males between the ages of 18 and 45 from the 12 "healthiest" states – Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas. Residents of large cities were also disqualified from membership, as were those employed in certain professions, such as railway workers, underground miners, gunpowder factory employees, liquor wholesalers and manufacturers, saloon keepers, "aeronauts", sailors on the lakes and seas, and professional baseball players."[1]
The obverse pictures a radiant winged figure above a shield portraying upside down hammer and axe, handles crossed, wedge above trident left, orbed scepter right, wreath below over motto on banner legend above and below between 2 rings, 5-point stars left and right.
The reverse pictures an upside down hammer and axe, handles crossed, wedge above
legend above, value below between 2 rings.
The $3000 Brazen Coin from the MWA is a reference to a $3000 life insurance policy issued by that organization.
Thanks for looking.
1. Alan Axelrod International Encyclopedia of Secret Societies and Fraternal Orders New York; Facts on File, inc 1997 p. 264
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Neat find,,,
