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Close-up: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2019/11/27/arts/00venus7/merlin_164332638_f2263b3e-fd38-4c07-910a-8f2ea0ac84bc-superJumbo.jpg https://static01.nyt.com

• dna_polymerase 7y ago
  Ah this picture makes it more clear. Odd 6 though.
  • bobloblaw45 7y ago
    It looks to me like it was a 5 but realized he was running out room.
• matt-attack 7y ago
  Yes but you can clearly see the etcher cares about kerning. You see how he crammed the the 5/6 right into the 9 to its right? To really get them to snuggle together it’s reasonable he would have adjusted that notch in the top of the 5.
• mc32 7y ago
  The curve on the 5 tapers off, that same hook on the 6 does not. It looks more like a six to me, but I can see how it might look like a five but without the top cross.
  • Enginerrrd 7y ago
    To me it looks like it actually does have the top cross that's been stamped over by the loop of the 9. Look closely.
    • mc32 7y ago
      Kind of; but there is no evidence of a serif (as in the five in the other number).
• sb057 7y ago
  >And then why does it say it was made in Stockholm? Possibly relevant: >Falun Mine (Swedish: Falu Gruva) was a mine in Falun, Sweden, that operated for a millennium from the 10th century to 1992. It produced as much as two thirds of Europe's copper needs and helped fund many of Sweden's wars in the 17th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Mine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_Mine
• throwaway_tech 7y ago
  Based on the 1 being very phallic in nature, I'm going to go ahead and conclude the numbers that follow are "69".
  • dang 7y ago
    Please don't do this here.