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<p>[QUOTE="Hookman, post: 4154933, member: 99642"]Given that when first seen and used, your own chop would be easy to spot, but after enough use and enough other chops, what busy merchant is going to take the time to search for his own chop, instead of just weighing it, and if it weighs right, just chopping it again and toss it in the till ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Part of the explanation for the similar chops could be that there are so many different merchants in the Orient that who's to say some of them didn't just happen to choose similar chops. Even the ones that are circled are not, to my eye, exactly the same. Similar yes, exactly the same....debatable.</p><p>I see at least 2 Sauwastikas/Swastikas which leads me to believe this coin traveled through the Tibet/Nepal/Burma area at one time.</p><p><br /></p><p>As we all know, none of us were there, and none of us can say anything for sure, but all of us can say "what if", and "maybe", and "could be", and that's really all I'm saying.</p><p><br /></p><p>Isn't [USER=71642]@Stork[/USER] good with this stuff also?</p><p><br /></p><p>and [USER=25270]@Hiddendragon[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>I know there are others also, trying to remember everyones name is not fun.</p><p><br /></p><p>I need to make a list of who's good with what.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hookman, post: 4154933, member: 99642"]Given that when first seen and used, your own chop would be easy to spot, but after enough use and enough other chops, what busy merchant is going to take the time to search for his own chop, instead of just weighing it, and if it weighs right, just chopping it again and toss it in the till ? Part of the explanation for the similar chops could be that there are so many different merchants in the Orient that who's to say some of them didn't just happen to choose similar chops. Even the ones that are circled are not, to my eye, exactly the same. Similar yes, exactly the same....debatable. I see at least 2 Sauwastikas/Swastikas which leads me to believe this coin traveled through the Tibet/Nepal/Burma area at one time. As we all know, none of us were there, and none of us can say anything for sure, but all of us can say "what if", and "maybe", and "could be", and that's really all I'm saying. Isn't [USER=71642]@Stork[/USER] good with this stuff also? and [USER=25270]@Hiddendragon[/USER] I know there are others also, trying to remember everyones name is not fun. I need to make a list of who's good with what.[/QUOTE]
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