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    Japanese mint marks


    fjcp

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    I was wondering, how many different mint marks are there for Japanese orders and medals.

    I know of the "M" mark for Osaka, I think, but how about the rest?

    I'm wondering about one that actually looks a little like this " t " in particular.

    Any ideas?

    thanks

    JC

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    Information on mint marks is hard to find since the Mint records are not available (destroyed in the war apparently). M is the normal Osaka mint mark but the dates it was used are variable. The t mintmark is believed to be of a private manufacturer.

    You find a lot of different private marks on Red Cross medals in particular since they were made by a variety of different private firms, as well as the mint. The mark on yours, like a t, is actually the Japanese character "hee". Most of the other marks found are also Japanese phoenetic characters but you do get the odd kanji (chinese character) here and there.

    Regards,

    Paul

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