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<p>[QUOTE="reader, post: 2371137, member: 255"]Agree with AJ that it “looks” Mexican but I know of no 3 digit Mexican stamp and would not think it’s Mexican. In Mexican stamping, the first digit is the known area of manufacture and T for Taxco is the most common. The second letter should be the first initial of the last name of the artist. The number (05) signifies that the artist would be the 5th one to register that letter initial stamp in Taxco. There is no code for that other letter and since this stamping didn’t start until 1979 the piece should also be stamped “made in Mexico”.</p><p><br /></p><p>Could it be another country (possibly Asian) trying to copy Mexican code?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="reader, post: 2371137, member: 255"]Agree with AJ that it “looks” Mexican but I know of no 3 digit Mexican stamp and would not think it’s Mexican. In Mexican stamping, the first digit is the known area of manufacture and T for Taxco is the most common. The second letter should be the first initial of the last name of the artist. The number (05) signifies that the artist would be the 5th one to register that letter initial stamp in Taxco. There is no code for that other letter and since this stamping didn’t start until 1979 the piece should also be stamped “made in Mexico”. Could it be another country (possibly Asian) trying to copy Mexican code?[/QUOTE]
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