Imperfect size number?

[DWHodges]

This size number looks suspicious to me. Especially the short top line. Have any of you seen this before? Is it common, or is this an imposter?

 

[Doug D.]

Bear in mind that incised markings in the iron are made by raised areas on the inside of the sand mold, and those raised parts can occasionally be affected by the removal of the pattern from the mold.

 

[DWHodges]

Thanks. That's the only piece I've done. #stilllearnin

 

[JustinR]

Are their some hand scrawled early 3 notches?