Japan An Ultimate Test for “Vein” Dating of Rising Suns

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Since this thread become toooooooo long

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/52804-vein-approach-to-dating-rising-sun-orders-a-dangerous-path/page-1

here comes a new, much shorter one

What we have here is two orders of rising sun in 8^th grade.

They came from the same period and most likely were made by the same workshop (judjing by technological signs).

Let’s take a good look at these veins …

First specimen

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Here they are

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Showa?

But what about this mark on reverse?

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Ok.

Now take a look at the second piece.

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Now look at these veins

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Now let`s compare obverses and reverses

Comparison (marked piece is on the left)

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Reverses

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You see?

These pieces are perfect substitutes of each other...

Every tiny little detail (ball form, boxes, style of reverse inscription, etc ...) is coincide ...

Except veins ...

And the marked pieces have shorter (!!!) veins than unmarked one

Try to date these pieces by their veins

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Ribbons and rosettes are also perfect substitutes of each others ...

Ribbons (marked piece ribbon is on the left)

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Rosettes (marked piece rosette is on the left)