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1930 Royal 10 Serial # X-1360955 1930 Royal 10 typewriter, Serial # X-1360955 Claude Medearis's 1930 Royal 10 typewriter. 2026-06-24 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Claude Medearis: 1930 Royal 10 Serial # X-1360955 The Royal 10 may be one of the more crowded listings on the Database, but here's another one.
This may have needed a little work when I got it. The seller had shoved it loose in the box without tying down the carriage and then dropped some loose parts in the carton with some crumpled newspaper.. The carriage slid all the way to the end and the whole typewriter banged around in transit.
But apparently, Royal built them tough in those days. The paper table was bent, but the rest of the machine survived the abuse. I had everything up and running soon enough. She turned into a real sweet typer.
The only weakness I've found is that she's too old to have Shift Freedom, but the carriage is well balanced and the shift isn't too heavy.

1930 Royal 10 #X-1360955

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Claude Medearis (ShadyDaze)
Created: 06-24-2026 at 09:09AM
Last Edit: 06-24-2026 at 09:19AM

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The Royal 10 may be one of the more crowded listings on the Database, but here's another one.
This may have needed a little work when I got it. The seller had shoved it loose in the box without tying down the carriage and then dropped some loose parts in the carton with some crumpled newspaper.. The carriage slid all the way to the end and the whole typewriter banged around in transit.
But apparently, Royal built them tough in those days. The paper table was bent, but the rest of the machine survived the abuse. I had everything up and running soon enough. She turned into a real sweet typer.
The only weakness I've found is that she's too old to have Shift Freedom, but the carriage is well balanced and the shift isn't too heavy.

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The seller on eBay said it came with this 'genuine leather cover". Genuine leather means rubberized fabric. He didn't know anything about typewriters, and apparently the only leather he's ever worked with was polyurethane.
The seller on eBay said it came with this 'genuine leather cover". Genuine leather means rubberized fabric. He didn't know anything about typewriters, and apparently the only leather he's ever worked with was polyurethane.

Hunter: Claude Medearis (ShadyDaze)

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