Very rare mark. 7th class from personal collection.
Kana ひ reads exactly as ヒ
Hi
Only in hiragana it is written as ひ and in katakana as ヒ.
Derived from the kanji 比.
Are these two hallmarks related? Have they been used by the same manufacturer?
So far there is no answer to these...
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