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> In Japan instead of signatures they use personal stamps. Stamps used for your government business or banking get registered, and they can match stamps from the slight imperfections. If your stamp is stolen you register it as such so they know not to accept it.

Isn't that the same system that was used in Europe with signet rings until the 17th century? I wonder why signatures replaced signet rings?

parent sgift 9 years ago

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