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    green ball mason #9 handwritten in glass on bottom

    I'm not sure about the number. Could be a 6 but looks more like a 9 because of the slant. I was mainly curious about how common this is. I do alot of canning (tomato juice for bloody mary's during the winter - need to use my time productively you know) and have tons of jars but this is the...
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    green ball mason #9 handwritten in glass on bottom

    Thanks Tammy & Rick. I thought when I asked it might have been a stupid question and figured there were tons of them out there. I read somewhere recently (maybe on this website???) that some of the jar makers were paid by the amount they made each day. So I figured maybe they marked their...
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    green ball mason #9 handwritten in glass on bottom

    Hi. I bought a bunch of canning jars at a garage sale (for canning) and came across an old light green Ball Mason with the # 9 handwritten in the glass on the bottom. I've never seen this and wondered how common it is. It's a neat jar with bubbles and wavy lines. Not sure if that's good but...

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