From: Ernest Cline (ernestcline@mindspring.com)
Date: Tue Jun 08 2004 - 16:47:03 CDT
It would seem to me that if numismatic marks are considered
for addition to Unicode, that hallmarks would be a similar
set of symbols that would be as equally desirable as
characters. The maker's marks should probably not be
encoded, but the assay office marks and purity marks are
both standardized and finite. However, it would probably
be best to encode them as the symbol where feasible and
include a gloss of its usage. Thus for example instead of
FRENCH GOLD HALLMARK, the character RIGHT-FACING EAGLE
HEAD would be a more appropriate character name for that
mark.
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