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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 581940, member: 5833"]The D looks stamped either by someone with very good eye-hand coordination or by machine; it is upright & centered.</p><p><br /></p><p>The numerals look applied freehand. Suspect the matching angles are the same thing as an individual's characteristic handwriting slant. Maybe person saw placement of the 3 was sloppy & took care to do better with the 5. (I love making up narratives to go with little clues about the life of an object.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As with other optical illusions, my eyes/brain can make it flicker back & forth. Agree it is probably not upside down after all.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Did you mean reverse? Does any source describing these tags give dimensions?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 581940, member: 5833"]The D looks stamped either by someone with very good eye-hand coordination or by machine; it is upright & centered. The numerals look applied freehand. Suspect the matching angles are the same thing as an individual's characteristic handwriting slant. Maybe person saw placement of the 3 was sloppy & took care to do better with the 5. (I love making up narratives to go with little clues about the life of an object.) As with other optical illusions, my eyes/brain can make it flicker back & forth. Agree it is probably not upside down after all. Did you mean reverse? Does any source describing these tags give dimensions?[/QUOTE]
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