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<p>[QUOTE="Dawnno, post: 581931, member: 10171"]I like the approach, and agree about the 'upside down look' which baffles me too. It suggests to me an 'innocent' lack of care/temporary/not longterm/non-artisan approach to its manufacture. </p><p><br /></p><p>Any clues from the font style, punch type, etc? Aside from the off horizontal line of the two numbers, they are aligned on the same skewed angle. </p><p><br /></p><p>FWIW, I think the numbers were punched at the time of manufacture, b/c of the corrosion in the grooves. Doesn't preclude 'artificial aging' but now we get into the realm of "why bother"... fake the Mona Lisa for all that effort already. And unless you have a spectroscopy device of some kind... </p><p><br /></p><p>We are working with virtually nothing to go on, btw, so much thx.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dawnno, post: 581931, member: 10171"]I like the approach, and agree about the 'upside down look' which baffles me too. It suggests to me an 'innocent' lack of care/temporary/not longterm/non-artisan approach to its manufacture. Any clues from the font style, punch type, etc? Aside from the off horizontal line of the two numbers, they are aligned on the same skewed angle. FWIW, I think the numbers were punched at the time of manufacture, b/c of the corrosion in the grooves. Doesn't preclude 'artificial aging' but now we get into the realm of "why bother"... fake the Mona Lisa for all that effort already. And unless you have a spectroscopy device of some kind... We are working with virtually nothing to go on, btw, so much thx.[/QUOTE]
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