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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 265236, member: 54&quot;]That one is typical of those sold to tourists in Hong Kong and probably mainland China too.&nbsp; I was happy to have bought one there in 1972, and if I still had it, it would look like the one pictured or worse.&nbsp; One clue to age are the staples used to hold the middle part together.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know for sure but I&#039;m thinking that type staple wasn&#039;t in general use until relatively recently, and isn&#039;t durable enough to hold together an abacus that&#039;s in daily use.&nbsp; If it was a piece made to be used in the marketplace, the beads would show wear from fingers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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