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1910 Monarch 2 Serial # 59053 1910 Monarch 2 typewriter, Serial # 59053 Brian Decker's 1910 Monarch 2 typewriter. 2026-08-20 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Brian Decker: 1910 Monarch 2 Serial # 59053 2026-AUG-20, Gallery Creation. At the moment, there are seven Monarch 2's and 3's listed on eBay: three Monarch 2's, two Remington Monarch 3's, and two either 2's or 3's, can't tell which. The last two are in Argentina and in Poland. The only listing with a serial number provided is this one for #59053. I have set the year of manufacture to 1910, although the eBay listing thinks it's 1908, and the TWDB serial number listing might imply it's 1911. This is on the strength of a sales slip I found recently on eBay, dated January 28, 1911, for sale of #3-A-62428 to the Dent Hardware Company in Fullerton, PA (see attached photos in this gallery). At a production rate in the neighborhood of a thousand per month, this sales slip evidence would push the manufacture date of #59053 to Q4 of 1910 or earlier.

1910 Monarch 2 #59053

Status: Sightings
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 08-20-2026 at 10:35AM
Last Edit: 08-20-2026 at 01:39PM

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2026-AUG-20, Gallery Creation. At the moment, there are seven Monarch 2's and 3's listed on eBay: three Monarch 2's, two Remington Monarch 3's, and two either 2's or 3's, can't tell which. The last two are in Argentina and in Poland. The only listing with a serial number provided is this one for #59053. I have set the year of manufacture to 1910, although the eBay listing thinks it's 1908, and the TWDB serial number listing might imply it's 1911. This is on the strength of a sales slip I found recently on eBay, dated January 28, 1911, for sale of #3-A-62428 to the Dent Hardware Company in Fullerton, PA (see attached photos in this gallery). At a production rate in the neighborhood of a thousand per month, this sales slip evidence would push the manufacture date of #59053 to Q4 of 1910 or earlier.

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Front view, slightly top-down angle.
Front view, slightly top-down angle.

Front view, slight left.
Front view, slight left.

Left broadside.
Left broadside.

Aft.
Aft.

Aft, closer view of decals.
Aft, closer view of decals.

Right broadside.
Right broadside.

Serial number.
Serial number.

eBay main listing view.
eBay main listing view.

Sales slip for Monarch #3-A-62428, dated January 28, 1911.
Sales slip for Monarch #3-A-62428, dated January 28, 1911.

Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)

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My interest in typewriters started in 1997, when I was in graduate school at the University of Georgia. I purchased and read Darryl Rehr's book, joined ETC, and started reaching out to known collectors. I had several email interchanges with Richard Polt dating from that period. I also bought some of my first machines from Bob Aubert, and visited him at his home twice. After marriage and relocation to New England, I continued visiting antique shops and eBay, until other priorities put my typewriter hobby on hiatus around 2008.

In late 2024, I started up again, working on my machines and having some of them serviced professionally by New England Typewriter (NET) LLC (Merrimack, NH), until they closed their doors in December of 2025. Since mid-2025, I have been adding to my collection again, first with a Hermes 3000 purchase from NET, then with various auctions and purchases on eBay, when I find something that catches my eye.


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