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Two answers from Nihonto Message Board
"The numbers say 壬申 802.
This gun barrel was recorded in one of the Meiji general registration round-ups starting in 1873."
"Probably the famous first one in 1873, as that was a Jinshin 壬申 year.
Something like X治懸 in Imabari Ken, but the first character of the old name of the Prefecture eludes me. "
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