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Token - Cloister Coin Club Ephrata, Pennsylvania

Location United States
Year 1969
Type Commemorative medal
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Obverse description Central field features a wreathed emblem depicting a bearded male figure in relief, carrying tablets or books, flanked by small inscriptions in German script reading 'Arbeit' (work) and 'Hoffe' (hope), with a bird and a building visible within the wreath tied at the base. The circular legend along the upper rim reads 'CLOISTER COIN CLUB' and along the lower rim '1969 EPHRATA PA.'
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Obverse lettering CLOISTER COIN CLUB 1969 EPHRATA, PA.
Reverse description The reverse displays a detailed architectural view of the Ephrata Cloister complex in high relief, showing multi-story timber-framed buildings with a radiating sunburst and dramatic clouds above. A fence runs along the foreground, with trees to the right and smaller outbuildings to the left. The legend 'EPHRATA CLOISTER' arcs along the upper rim, and the founding date '1732' appears in the lower field, with a small engraver's monogram 'JLK' visible to its right.
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