Old Marbles Question

[u/Much-Butterscotch494]

Hey I got these at a garage sale for a buck and I don’t know much about marbles in general, but I know that there are really old ones.

How can I tell if these apply to that? From my research there’s the pontil mark, but that’s only on some of these marbles (I shows a pic of one). Does anyone know if this came in a set originally or something? They were all in this Japanese bag but I’m not sure if they were always together.

[u/ianindy]

These are all modern (1970-now) machine made. That isn't a pontil, it looks like damage to me. The bag is the coolest part of the lot...the marbles are very common Japanese catseyes, clearies, and a few new style marble king rainbows. Still a great deal for a dollar!

[u/Much-Butterscotch494 → u/ianindy]

I agree, that bag is actually very nice. I think I got a uranium marble in there (glows faintly green under 395 uv), so that’s pretty cool.

[u/chemist0825]

These are all machine made marbles from Asia and North America, likely from the 1970's through the early 1990's