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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 8345722, member: 102103&quot;]Well, the character would be the same in both languages, so in that case you could only tell by context.&nbsp; China had a large trade surplus, so silver flowed in to there </p><p>from all over the world.&nbsp; But I don&#039;t think much domestic silver coinage made it from</p><p>China to Japan in that era.&nbsp; So the mark is probably Chinese.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think 大 is a common surname in China, so not sure what it refers to.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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