1959 Smith Corona Silent Super #5T 682407X

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 11-30-2025 at 04:05PM
Last Edit: 02-15-2026 at 10:01AM

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2026-02-15 Update: Added many new & better images, including a new main front-face image; various close-up and detail images around the body; an updated typing sample; type slug details showing the foundry marks; and the sales receipt.

2025-11-30 Original Gallery Creation and 2026-01-01 Update: This is my 1959 Smith-Corona Silent Super portable typewriter, S/N 5T 682407X. It is in the Desert Sand color scheme. I found this machine for $15 plus $0.75 sales tax at the Haverhill Antique Market, Haverhill, MA, on January 28, 2007. It has not been serviced, and one or two keys are a little sticky, but it basically runs pretty well. The typeface is Pica, which I neglected to include in the abbreviated typing sample. It could use a little type alignment. Just recently, I installed a new set of feet purchased from Type Space in Portland, OR. This typewriter was owned by a student at Springfield College, Springfield, MA at one time, as indicated by the property fob attached to the holiday case that came with the machine.

Typeface Specimen:

Links:

• Link to my Alpine Blue Silent Super
• Link to my 5-Series Sterling in Sapphire Gray

Photos:

Typewriter with its case.

Right.

Left.

Back.

Top.

Serial number.

Typing sample.

Property fob.

Front view with paper inserted.

Close-up of ribbon-cover badge.

Close-up of ribbon selector.

Close-up of line selector.

Right quadrant view.

Left quadrant view.

Back detail of brand graphic.

Sales receipt.

Type slug detail, left end of basket, showing foundry marks.

Type slug detail, middle range of basket, showing foundry marks.

Type slug detail, right end of basket, showing foundry marks.

Typing sample, showing some alignment needs for this machine.

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.