1967 Royal (Silver-Seiko) Mercury #7832981
Status: Sightings
Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 01-27-2025 at 03:06PM
Last Edit: 01-28-2025 at 05:22PM
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Description:
Very clean Japanese-made Royal Mercury I got when I purchased my first typewriter (1950 Smith-Corona Sterling) as a package deal. Plastic clamshell case was very easy to get stuck on the typewriter. Worked well, but I am not a fan of the clacky mechanical feel of typing on Japanese machines like this.
Sold in 2020.
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Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 248
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. 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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