Help finding out what this chopmark means

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  • tradedollarnut
    tradedollarnut Posts: 20,754 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    PM Oreville

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  • AUandAG
    AUandAG Posts: 25,050 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Looks like two chops to me. Might be wrong....Stealer, where are you and your Dad????

    bob:)

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  • yosclimber
    yosclimber Posts: 5,322 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 27, 2017 8:48PM
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    The strongest lines look like VP.
    But there is apparently more to the V.
    The latest book on chop mark identification is by Colin Gullberg in 2014; here's a review:
    coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n35a07.html

  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    All I have on chop marks is Rose's book... I will try to find it in there. Cheers, RickO

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  • MilkmanDan
    MilkmanDan Posts: 3,768 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Remember many chopmarks are merely symbols or pseudo characters so not all will have clear meaning. Often they represented family or business names. Good luck!

  • MsMorrisine
    MsMorrisine Posts: 40,054 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited January 28, 2017 7:14PM
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    the other half does not recognize the top one.

    the way they are stamped and their relative shapes are indicative of two separate characters. I can guess they comprise a single chop of two characters because of their proximity. However, it is bothersome that the top character has a weak lower left. However, that could be from other factors like the tool, what it was hit against or the positioning of the devices on the reverse.

    You will need to find someone who can read Chinese of at least that period or older.

    the bottom character is
    口
    kǒu
    which means mouth

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  • coffeyce
    coffeyce Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭
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    It says 麦穗 which translates to wheat/grain.

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