Token - Masonic Lodge Dunedin 1316 ND

Reverse

Masonic symbol (mark of a Mark Master Mason) in centre circle. Lettering outside circle

Script: Latin

Lettering:
THEY RECEIVED EVERY MAN A PENNY.
H T W S S T K S

Translation: HIRAM, TYRIAN, WIDOW'S SON, SENDETH TO KING SOLOMON

Edge

Plain

Comment

The lettering on the reverse: The term is employed in the Mark Master Degree in the phrase, "A penny a day is the wages of the Mark Master." This coin represents the Roman denarius, commonly used in New Testament times as the "wages of a common labourer." In the Masonic ritual it is simply a symbol of adequate reward for faithful service or labour. The impact in the use of the Saviour's parable is that a labourer has no right of complaint when his employer remunerates him in full, according to a previous agreement or contract. A day's wages in parable of Jesus… — (Matthew 20:2-13)

 Morningside Masonic Association / Lodge Dunedin Caritas No. 1316