The Masonic Pennies are just keepsakes at that, they hold true relevance and meaing to the individual who is awarded them just like alot of other items in Masonry. I often see old Masonic personal items at Flea Markets and Antique Malls and can't help wonder about the individual that once owned them and how he felt aquiring them for the first time...it was an earned experience and a memorable gain for him, that's what perhaps all of the onlooking shoppers fail to realize when they see these items sitting among other relics. As far as the dollar bill question, I did some interesting research on that topic and found conclusions that pointed to the facts that Ben Franklin (Mason) and our other founding Fathers of that period who were also Masons desired to have Masonic "looking" currency ..nothing else!..they adopted some artisitic designs that they unanimously agreed had a Masonic edge, that's how our present currency designs were originated and in fact are to a point associated with Freemasonry. Conspiracy Theorists love this and will take this to great story heights involving Secret Societies, New World Orders ..etc etc
