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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4102233, member: 111"]Sorry, placing it over the large mark text was the easiest way to put the OP's mark next to that mark, should have noted it. It would be helpful if a clear pic of that mark could be posted, as I said, to my eye, it appears to have differences, and am curious of the size of the mark, if I recall correctly, even the large mark is fairly small, similar in scale to Dutch or French marks of the same 19th century period.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just as a general comment for anyone posting queries, will add that to my thinking, it is important to note the size of pieces posted (a frustrating problem in sales descriptions as well). While I'm a visual person with a fairly good eye for scale, shouldn't have to guess or figure out an item's size by comparison to a coin, battery, lighter, soda can, hand, etc. Have to believe that most everyone has some sort of measuring device, whether metric or Imperial...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 4102233, member: 111"]Sorry, placing it over the large mark text was the easiest way to put the OP's mark next to that mark, should have noted it. It would be helpful if a clear pic of that mark could be posted, as I said, to my eye, it appears to have differences, and am curious of the size of the mark, if I recall correctly, even the large mark is fairly small, similar in scale to Dutch or French marks of the same 19th century period. Just as a general comment for anyone posting queries, will add that to my thinking, it is important to note the size of pieces posted (a frustrating problem in sales descriptions as well). While I'm a visual person with a fairly good eye for scale, shouldn't have to guess or figure out an item's size by comparison to a coin, battery, lighter, soda can, hand, etc. Have to believe that most everyone has some sort of measuring device, whether metric or Imperial... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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