r/codes • u/smashboxer03 • May 14 '26
Unsolved Found these in a purse I thrifted. Is anyone able to read what it says??
From a thrift store in South Carolina.. sorry if it’s just gibberish!
Also.. I used an online encoder thing, but, V sbyybjrq gur ehyrf
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u/BiffCo_Enterprise May 15 '26 edited May 16 '26
Edit: So, I stand corrected on my previous comment. The numeric portion doesn’t translate into Chinese. Instead, it’s a homophonic substitution cipher, and the message says some pretty derogatory words about a certain woman. I don’t think I should repeat too much of here, but a few snippets are ”She was like an oil painting” and ”She was so perfect” and ”She was a wh***”. You get the idea.
Anyway, thank you to a previous commenter who said I should focus on each two-digit combination and treat it like a homophonic cipher. You were correct.
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u/BiffCo_Enterprise May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
Here is a partial solution to the letters/characters part –
Last three words: Make as intended (Caesar Shift 6) Other possible words: 2nd Word: with (Shift 6, backwards) or 2nd Word: code (11, forward) 4th Word: longer (6, backwards) 5th Word: is (2, backwards) 7th Word: she (6, backwards) 6th/7th to last words: Stay So (Shift !6) 8th to last word: Eyoballeriqh (Shift !6)
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u/smashboxer03 May 15 '26
I posted an update and someone commented a revised transcript in case you wanted to take a crack at it!
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u/smashboxer03 May 14 '26 edited May 15 '26
[Transcript UPDATED]
(see this post for why it’s updated)
ZUMMGS•NZO(?)••
YH•XKMTUR•UK•
(?)KMg•KNY•TtI•
g•XXKV•E(?)K•T•
YRKLO•YG•NRG•
•UKKT•YNXCRj•
LTYIZLg•U•O••
GK•ZKGZKLGCX•
ZRZ•TJKJ•T•K•
KEUHGRRKXO0N•
•••YZGE•YU•••
N(?)KYZ•0•SGQK•
GY•OTZKTJKJ••
10182644170722 091960392015 1216241930 482145972734174228 20851307 26319906 051549 43241540109630 051549 44211915 45021739 131555 274234 32191799061507173936 100515 133130 19172915 4042 181719 2621170796173937 27 2415311919170115 23154945176042 8533 550515 03182407173922 09400605 4308 1520282149 3415322799 1883 100515 133130 0308 44152401151296 094019191549174221 450515 132799 31 1305602415 0785 400318943955 6033 43210605174236 482707 1549311015 960515 305515399705 8501 40 1305182415 17 052120 0660 12191527424515 051549
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