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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 72671, member: 59"]I just had an idea. I think that IACO over BI is actually the name JACOBI. Back in the 18th century, the letter I was often substituted for the letter J. We see this a lot in US and English marks of the period, so I see no reason why it would not be done in Europe as well. So now we need to figure out whether Jacobi was the assayer or the maker.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've been running various searches on the Silver Forums associated with the site from which I got the German City Mark page above, but have not found anything yet - other than it triggering the "I for J" brainstorm.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 72671, member: 59"]I just had an idea. I think that IACO over BI is actually the name JACOBI. Back in the 18th century, the letter I was often substituted for the letter J. We see this a lot in US and English marks of the period, so I see no reason why it would not be done in Europe as well. So now we need to figure out whether Jacobi was the assayer or the maker. I've been running various searches on the Silver Forums associated with the site from which I got the German City Mark page above, but have not found anything yet - other than it triggering the "I for J" brainstorm.[/QUOTE]
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