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Hi everyone,
i do not recognize this reignmark. Does anyone of you do? Is it chinese or maybe japanese? Any help is very welcome!
Thanx!
Definitely Japanese. Gotheborg.com has marks in there
Chinese.
"Yangcheng" well known as Guangzhou city. "Wuchen nian", year of 1988, 1928.....
Yin
your translations are right on and always appreciated. Great to have you here in the Forum.
George
Average lifespan of inventor at time it was invented. He knew he wouldn’t be around for more than 60 Years to see your criticism. 
LOL..................
FYI :
CHINESE SEXAGENARY CYCLE - 60 YEAR CYCLE (Chinese: 干支; pinyin: gānzhī)
also called SEM-BRANCH CYCLE, HEAVENLY STEMS AND EARTHLY BRANCHES
The perception of time in China is cyclical; according to a pattern which repeats itself over and over.
The Chinese name the years rather than counting them.
In the Sexagenarian Circle the names of the years are repeated every 60 years.
Within each 60-year cycle, each year is assigned a name consisting of two components: one name from a cycle of 10 Heavenly Stems/Celestial Stems and one name from a cycle of 12 Earthly Branches/ Terrestrial Branch.
Heavenly Stems (天干)
The first component of a year’s name are the Heavenly Stems representing the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) in their dual Yin - Yang form:
| Heavenly Stem | Stem name | in Chinese | in pinyin |
| 1st heavenly stem | jia | 甲 | jiǎ |
| 2nd heavenly stem | yi | 乙 | yǐ |
| 3rd heavenly stem | bing | 丙 | bǐng |
| 4th heavenly stem | ding | 丁 | dīng |
| 5th heavenly stem | wu | 戊 | wù |
| 6th heavenly stem | ji | 己 | jǐ |
| 7th heavenly stem | geng | 庚 | gēng |
| 8th heavenly stem | xin | 辛 | xīn |
| 9th heavenly stem | ren | 壬 | rén |
| 10th heavenly stem | gui | 癸 | guǐ |
Earthly Branches (地支)
The second component of a year’s name are the Earthly Branches; associated and corresponding with the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac, the ‘Twelve Animals’,
a 12-year cycle used for dating the years.
The names of the Earthly Branches are:
| Earthly Branch | Branch name | in Chinese | in pinyin | related Zodiac sign |
| 1st earthly branch | zi | 子 | zǐ | Rat |
| 2nd earthly branch | chou | 丑 | chǒu | Ox |
| 3rd earthly branch | yin | 寅 | yín | Tiger |
| 4th earthly branch | mao | 卯 | mǎo | Rabbit |
| 5th earthly branch | chen | 辰 | chén | Dragon |
| 6th earthly branch | si | 巳 | sì | Snake |
| 7th earthly branch | wu | 午 | wǔ | Horse |
| 8th earthly branch | wei | 未 | wèi | Ram |
| 9th earthly branch | shen | 申 | shēn | Monkey |
| 10th earthly branch | you | 酉 | yǒu | Rooster |
| 11th earthly branch | xu | 戌 | xū | Dog |
| 12th earthly branch | hai | 亥 | hài | Pig |
Each of the above two components is used sequentially.
The 1st year of a 60 year cycle would be named jia- zi.
The 2nd year of a 60 year cycle would be named yi- chou.
The 3rd year of a 60 year cycle would be named bing- yin.
When reaching the end of one component, the enumeration of this component will be started again. This procedure is valid for the Celestial System as well as for the Terrestrial Branch.
The 11th year of a 60 year cycle would be named jia-xu (restarting the Celestial Stem).
The 12th year of a 60 year cycle would be named yi-hai.
The 13th year of a 60 year cycle would be named bing-zi (restarting the Terrestrial Branch).
The 60th year of a 60 year cycle would be named gui-hai.
Since the numbers 10 (Celestial/ Heavenly Stems) and 12 (Terrestrial/Earthly Branches) have a common factor of 2, only 1/2 of the 120 possible stem-branch combinations actually occur.
The resulting 60-year cycle takes the name jia- zi after the initial year in the cycle, being the Heavenly Stem of ‘jia’ and Earthly Branch of ‘zi’, translating into ‘a full span of life’.
The Heavenly Stems are associated with the duality of yin (odd number in the end of a Gregorian Calender) and yang (even number in the end of an Gregorian Calendar) and the Five Elements
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Yin
@yinchris Yin, looking at all that makes me want to slam my head against a brick wall. My God, why did they create such a thing? Now I'm even more confused, but it's okay because at least we have you to help us at least know why we will never know anything's real date for sure.
@yinchris Thank you very much! I had often wondered why not all possible combinations were in the dating tables, now I know.
Birgit
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