chop mark

noun

1. a notch or other mark made in a coin to indicate verification of its authenticity, especially by a banker or merchant in East Asia during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chop mark¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

Even as the kite climbed upward, becoming the size of a name chop mark, the string continued.

From Literature

Lyon, Berlin, president and “Ex-assistant etranger a la clinique chirugicale et d’accouchement de l’universite de Lyon”; one, the red seal of Dean Woo Yin-kam, M.D.; one, my mother’s seal, her chop mark larger than the president’s and the dean’s; and one, the number 1279 on the back.

From Literature

This horrendous fact was reported last week, over the chop mark of Mrs. Mao's own purge committee, as proof that the Maoists' struggle to overcome the enemies of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution is far from won.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under the chop mark of Party Chairman Mao Tse-tung, his wife Chiang Ching and other government leaders, a terse command went out to military garrisons across the land telling them to take control of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution and restore order.

From Time Magazine Archive