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This is an odd early Hemingray style nicknamed the "Triple Rumple" by collectors. This is the only Hemingray style that references more than two patent dates. This style was officially Hemingray No.54 in a 1915 Western Electric catalog, but no specimens exist with this embossing.

Primary Embossings:	A.U. PATENT - DEC. 19, 1871
Dates Produced:	c.1882-c.1915
Trade Name:	Large Double Groove

4 1/4" H x 2 7/8" W

Mold Variation

Wide Squared Wire Ridges

This is the wide squared wire ridge variant listed in the new 2008 price guide. Note the deeper, more prominent wire groove lips.

Embossings

Primary Emb. [?]	EIN [?]	Embossing [?]	Base [?]	Photo
A.U.	[003]	(F-Crown) PATENT/DEC.19.1871 (F-Skirt) PATENT/['A.U.' blotted out]/MAY 2 1893 (R-Skirt) JULY 1ST 1882/PAT APPLIED FOR	SDP	WANTED!
A.U.	[007]	(F-Crown) PATENT/DEC.19.1871 (F-Skirt) PATENT/['A.U.' blotted out]/MAY 2 1893 (R-Skirt) JULY 1ST 1882/PAT APPLIED FOR {Wide squared wire ridges}	SDP
A.U.	[010]	(F-Crown) PATENT/DEC.19.1871 (F-Skirt) ['A.U.' blotted out] (R-Skirt) JULY 1ST 1882/PAT APPLIED FOR	SB
A.U.	[020]	(F-Skirt) JULY 1ST 1882/['A.U.' blotted out]/PAT APPLIED FOR (R-Skirt) PATENT/['C' blotted out]/MAY 2 1893	SDP
A.U.	[023]	(F-Skirt) JULY 1ST 1882/['A.U.' blotted out]/PAT APPLIED FOR (R-Skirt) PATENT/['C' blotted out]/MAY 2 1893 {Wide squared wire ridges}	SDP	WANTED!
PATENT - DEC. 19, 1871	[010]	(F-Crown) PATENT/DEC.19.1871 (F-Skirt) PATENT/MAY 2 1893 (R-Skirt) JULY 1ST 1882/PAT APPLIED FOR	SDP
PATENT - DEC. 19, 1871	[040]	(F-Crown) PATENT/DEC.19.1871 (R-Skirt) JULY 1ST 1882/PAT APPLIED FOR	SB	WANTED!

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