Very Small Japanese Mark Or Chinese Medal

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shanew Pillar of the Community Australia 1041 Posts	Posted 02/06/2014 12:55 am hi could anyone help me with this mark is it Japanese or chinese the first mark is of a cup shaped object that this medal was in there is a link with the 2 item as it had been in there that long it left a impression in the cup what is the medal and who is it fo or from thanks Edited by shanew 02/06/2014 01:04 am Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16830 Posts	Posted 02/06/2014 01:40 am Japanese and Chinese are (or can be) written using the same Chinese characters; they are just pronounced differently. So it's impossible to tell which language your "mark" is intended to represent. The inscription is engraved, so it is likely to be a unique piece, rather than a mass-produced item. Counting from the top, the second line is a date: "Year 32, Month 8". But I can't tell just from looking at it which calendar it is supposed to be counting in, whether Japanese or Chinese. But the character representing "30", as I understand it, has never been in popular use in Japan so I suspect it is of Chinese origin. In which case, "Year 32" would presumably be in the Republic calendar and equate to AD 1943. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
shanew Pillar of the Community Australia 1041 Posts	Posted 02/06/2014 02:14 am thanks sap hope other can read the item Report this Post to the Staff
mjjudd New Member Japan 39 Posts	Posted 02/06/2014 03:05 am It is Chinese, so I can't offer too much help here other than to tell you it's not Japanese. Report this Post to the Staff
shanew Pillar of the Community Australia 1041 Posts	Posted 02/06/2014 03:53 am picture 1 I have been tod its Japanese lots of confusion about picture no 1 thanks mjjudd Report this Post to the Staff
shanew Pillar of the Community Australia 1041 Posts	Posted 02/06/2014 03:56 am this is a little better its so small and deep Report this Post to the Staff
numismatic biz Valued Member United Kingdom 152 Posts	Posted 02/06/2014 06:18 am Japanesse Makers Mark yours michael Report this Post to the Staff
shanew Pillar of the Community Australia 1041 Posts	Posted 02/06/2014 06:47 am yours Michael is what that says wow now I have no idea I guess they were not meant to be together one chinese one Japanese Report this Post to the Staff
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