Need help IDing marking on Gold Ring

[oddcoins]

Need help ID'ing marking on Gold Ring

I dug this 3.6 gram gold ring today at a park in Eugene Oregon. I've never seen these marking before ~ anyone know what they mean?

THANKS!

 

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[oddcoins]

REALLY? Nobody?! Dang it!

 

[beachboy]

Looks chinese, If it is high in carat, I would go with that...look on the net for chinese gold hallmarks...Good luck, Brother....

 

[oddcoins]

Looks chinese, If it is high in carat, I would go with that...look on the net for chinese gold hallmarks...Good luck, Brother....

WOW ~ I'm having the hardest time figuring this thing out!

 

[Ammonhotep]

Excellent photo. On a hunch, I searched Japanese kanji for similar forms.

I found the word "gold" in a list of kanji, then I went to Google Translate and got lucky on a second guess by translating "pure gold" to Japanese. Pure guesswork, but there it was.

The first two kanji mean "pure"

The third kanji means "gold"



The hallmark, well, no idea. However, on this silver-dedicated hallmark site (http://www.925-1000.com/foreign_marks.html) I found that in Japan the use of the words "pure silver" were regulated out of existence in/around 1912.

You may have an antique on your hands, to boot.

UPDATE:
Unlikely, but your mark looks very similar to the porcelain hallmark by Arnart Imports (http://www.gotheborg.com/marks/index_jap_marks.htm). Scroll down or click the link in the table to the left.

 

[Ammonhotep]

More information:

The photo for "pure gold" is actually only two kanji, although there are more than two radicals: 純金

The "maker's mark" doesn't have the marker to make the kanji an adjective, so it does not describe the "pure gold." It is an independent kanji. This kanji is--as best I can tell--the word for "white:" 白

Turns out I know a guy whose last name is White and who speaks Japanese. Love the irony!

-Ammo

 

[Ammonhotep]

You're welcome.

 

[oddcoins]

More information:

The photo for "pure gold" is actually only two kanji, although there are more than two radicals: 純金

The "maker's mark" doesn't have the marker to make the kanji an adjective, so it does not describe the "pure gold." It is an independent kanji. This kanji is--as best I can tell--the word for "white:" 白

Turns out I know a guy whose last name is White and who speaks Japanese. Love the irony!

-Ammo

WOW ~ that is awesome! Thank you so much for the info! I had NO idea how to look this up. I wasn't sure if the markings were asian or middle eastern or what! THANKS AGAIN!!!