Posted: May 21, 2020 10:32 am
galexander wrote:Thomas Eshuis wrote:galexander wrote:
You can even see Masonic symbolism on coins from revolutionary Mexico. Take this 20 Pesos gold coin from the 1870's. We see a liberty cap surrounded by the rays of the sun, and underneath are the scales and a swordd
None of those originate with or are exclusively Freemason.
Managed to find a better image of the coin. You can clearly see the word LIBERTY written on the cap itself:
You say none of these symbols are exclusively Freemasonic, but are you referring to the individual symbols themselves in isolation or all of them together as a group? I suggest all of them together as a group do look fairly Freemasonic.
You know, that imagery harks back to the French revolution, especially the freedman's cap, though Republicans (os opposed to Royalists) would also use the law and justice imagery of the law scroll, scales and sword. Oh, and the fact that the cap is surrounded by sunrays is a reference to religious imagery, in old churches (I don't know how common it is in more recent ones), there is such a sunrayed crucifix above the high altar, and in French that particular ornament is called a Glory.