My First Religious Piece w/date--1854

[goldnow]

I only was detecting freshly available land that was under just moved wood piles on my land today, and came up with this keeper, a religious medallion, dated 1854...It is aluminum...Though I know aluminum was available in that time, I never knew it was used commercially yet, as it was rare and expensive.. So I'm guessing it is a memorial date for the year he declared the dogma of Immaculate Conception.


Below is from Wikipedia on this Pope.

"Blessed Pope Pius IX (13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878), born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, was the longest reigning Pope in Church history, serving from 16 June 1846 until his death, a period of nearly 32 years. During his pontificate, he convened the First Vatican Council in 1869, which decreed Papal infallibility. The Pope defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, meaning that Mary was conceived without original sin and that she lived a life completely free of sin."

 

[cntrydncr1]

nice, unusual medal. Many of the religious medals have dates that are not necessarily dates they were made so don't assume it was made then. I doubt anything that old is aluminum.

 

[goldnow]

nice, unusual medal. Many of the religious medals have dates that are not necessarily dates they were made so don't assume it was made then. I doubt anything that old is aluminum.

I'd date it circa 1920-1950. This is my 22nd religious piece in 6 months of detecting around here. No two are the same.

 

[Mackaydon]

The date could also commemorate the year the Pope sent out one of his encyclicals; perhaps ,specifically, one distributed in 1854 denouncing the persecution of Armenians.

 

[goldencoin]

In 1854, aluminum was more expensive than gold, so, it is certainly not from that time period

HH
-GC

 

[kuger]

nice, unusual medal. Many of the religious medals have dates that are not necessarily dates they were made so don't assume it was made then. I doubt anything that old is aluminum.

I'd date it circa 1920-1950. This is my 22nd religious piece in 6 months of detecting around here. No two are the same.

Thats what I was going to say,I found the same medal,minus the date and made of silver in a logging camp that was active in the 1940's.Neat find!!

 

[goldnow]

In 1854, aluminum was more expensive than gold, so, it is certainly not from that time period

HH
-GC

Yes, you are right it was highly valuable metal, but I would think that would not necessarily exclude its use to make devotional jewelery. Precious materials were always everybody's first choice, still are. Either way, the medallion isn't that old.

 

[olekyground]

Nice find! If we were only as religious as they were back then! You can find a lot of religious stuff like that that dates back really long ago. awesome find!

 

[allen]

that is one sweet find !!!