EK 1914 Square....800.....or-what have I done wrong in my life?

[Motorhead]

Well-this is not easy to explain for me as English is not my mother language.Anyway-the trouble began earlier this week when I shot a nice,damned overpriced 1st class pinback with a "800" on the reverse.I was sure that I had identified the core as the really not common 2nd core type "square".I was right.But as we know there's always a but-the hinge and the little peace of silver underneath are not matching the "common" squares and 800.....do you know the theory about socks,washing machines and a parallel universe?

Here are the pics....

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Well,here's the reverse...I'm still thinking about socks in washing machines.....

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As the experienced EK collector knows the "regular" "800" is simply punched in.Here we've got an 800 in a box.So have I found a new,unknown part of the Carl Dillenius family?

To me this one is new(or may be I was simply to ignorant...)The following EK is the 2nd core type "square"-I've never noticed this one until Mike has put me with my nose on it Not in the condition I normally like my crosses...but hey-they don't grow on trees.I should have to look in a parallel universe.......

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Yes,it's a hard live.Many,many moons ago I had a dream-a shiny little dwarf told me about a CD 2nd class.Stamped with a 935 at the ribbon ring.Frightened,eh? Washing machines are corresponding with a parallel universe(where all the lost socks are)are quite common these days,but a dwarf talking about an unknown CD 2nd class.....I went out of my bed,took me a beer and then I walked to my 2nd class display.Yes.....the dwarf spoke truth.there it was. Never noticed it......Now let us go back to the present.(No more dwarfs,I promise!).I made it.No 1st class CD 935,but a flat one,typical pin of the square/800-2nd core type!! Never seen another one.The condition is not the way I like it....anyway-do I have to search for a single/double screw marked 935? And I can hear him gloatingly laughing-the good of imperial iron crosses collecting!

Edited April 10, 2010 by Motorhead

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Reverse......I need a beer now!

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Not very interesting,eh? No mercy.......here's a common one-maker marked "square" with double screw and core type I.

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And the maker mark.Unfortunately i don't have a core type II example of this variation!

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So.....next is the "800" fellow with the relationship to CD.Strange thing-I don't have the common core type I but the type II! It shows the "800" boxed!from what I can see now it's absolutely possible that we have all variations with both core types(except the CD800!!)A long way to the top as my dead friend Bon would say....

Micha

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Maker Mark

[Kriztofer]

Hi Micha, interesting and entertaining. I thought the boxed type 800 series were common as dirt, I seem to see them all over the place, tripping over them to get to other makers LOL

Chris