1948 Smith Corona Silent #4S176234
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 02-16-2026 at 09:27AM
Last Edit: 02-16-2026 at 09:30AM
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Description:
Purchased with its original manual and cleaning brush, this Silent is in rough shape cosmetically: there is significant paint loss on the rear panel, and the wrinkle finish has been worn smooth in the center of the ribbon cover and near the space bar. But it types great, as you'd expect from a Smith-Corona portable. Elite typeface with some math symbols on the keyboard.
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Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 1419
I "accidentally" started collecting typwriters in the fall of 2020. After my daughter got one cheap at a junk shop, and hearing that she intended to use it to write some old fashioned snail-mail letters to friends, I decided to get "a" typewriter myself to do the same. The first one was a real lucky break: a pristine 1950 Smith-Corona Sterling in perfect condition. From there I got interested in other brands and in refurbishing dirty and forgotten machines. I've had 65+ typewriters at this point, passing many along to excited new owners to keep my collection hovering around 20 machines.
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