I went ahead and took an etching marker and put "2009" on the back. Should be through the surface and down into the metal now in 3... 2... 1...



that's my best hand-drawn approximation to the font used on the date stamps on the backs of the original signs. 2009 is 2009, H is the traditional identifier for Highway Marker since 1934, and this is the 12th one I've run off this year.

this is, of course, in addition to the fact that the sign is aluminum and distinctly looks - and weighs! - the part.


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