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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 347001, member: 2844&quot;]The first one is a Catholic religious token rather than a coin. It could have been proof that the owner had been on pilgrimage, given at the church of the destination.</p><p>One side shows the head of Jesus Christ, the other looks like a chalice with a communion host, flanked by two angels.</p><p>I agree with Holly, poor casting and the flattened look of the nose is not flattering.</p><p>For pilgrimage tokens quality was not an issue. They were mass produced and people just needed them as proof to show at home and on the road.</p><p>The heyday of popular Catholicism and grand scale pilgrimages were the 18th and 19th centuries, continuing in some regions until the mid 20th century.</p><p>A few Catholics still go on pilgrimage. It is not mandatory, and it is typically a feature of popular Catholicism.</p><p><br /></p><p>Popular Catholicism is a people&#039;s movement within Catholicism, sometimes interlaced with pre-Christian devotional practices. It is often frowned upon by church officials and seen as containing elements of unacceptable superstition, but condoned because it keeps &quot;bums on seats&quot; in the churches.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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