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Definition :

A mark or token added to those already existing in order to afford security or proof as an additional or special mark put upon a package of goods belonging to several persons that it may not be opened except in the presence of all a mark added to that of an artificer of gold or silver work by the Goldsmiths Company of London to attest the standard quality of the gold or silver a mark added to an ancient coin or medal to show either its change of value or that it was taken from an enemy