"plate mark" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: plate marks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} plate mark (plural plate marks)
  1. A legal emblem stamped into articles made from precious metals such as gold and silver to indicate the value of the metal.
    Sense id: en-plate_mark-en-noun-5chpTMwY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7
  2. A mark made on paper by the edge of an intaglio plate during printing.
    Sense id: en-plate_mark-en-noun-b2O6iRAD

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          "ref": "1996, Joseph Leo Koerner, The Moment of Self-Portraiture in German Renaissance Art, page 203",
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