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Important and ultra rare 1816 The Cliosophic Society, 14kt yellow gold, and iron rectangular honorary key. The obverse: (hand engraved) DATUM A SOC CLIO COL N CAES NO KAL OCT MDCCCXVI, the reverse: At the top a band of cipher, over a circular temple with eight columns, domed roof, radiant shafts of light, all over a dirt mound. Furthermore decorated with a patterned and aesthetic border. The bail loop which rotates 360 degrees is recessed and fitted in to the rectangular key.
DETAILS:
- Condition Report: Very Good to excellent.
- Key Size: 2-7/8a€? Length x 1-3/8a€? Width x 3.40mm Depth.
- Total Weight: 12.2 Grams
BACKGROUND:
The American Whiga€“Cliosophic Society (Whig-Clio) is a political, literary, and debating society at Princeton University and the oldest debate union in the United States. Its precursors, the American Whig Society and the Cliosophic Society, were founded at Princeton in 1769 and 1765 by James Madison, William Paterson, Oliver Ellsworth, and Aaron Burr.