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<p>[QUOTE="silvermakersmarks, post: 9595705, member: 66620"]A small correction to Bakersgma (just being pedantic here): the date letter tells us when it was assayed, not necessarily when it was made. And a further complication is that the date letter did not change on the 1st January. The Chester Assay Office changed the date letter on the 1st July (at least from 1889 onwards). Other assay offices used different starting dates. So, because the design registration number was issued in 1903 and the date letter runs until 30th June 1904, we can say that the mirror was made in either 1903 or 1904.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="silvermakersmarks, post: 9595705, member: 66620"]A small correction to Bakersgma (just being pedantic here): the date letter tells us when it was assayed, not necessarily when it was made. And a further complication is that the date letter did not change on the 1st January. The Chester Assay Office changed the date letter on the 1st July (at least from 1889 onwards). Other assay offices used different starting dates. So, because the design registration number was issued in 1903 and the date letter runs until 30th June 1904, we can say that the mirror was made in either 1903 or 1904.[/QUOTE]
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