Shard showing "A" missing crossbar -- H.G.CO. CD 164 or CD 162 (another view)

By David Whitten; posted October 8, 2018

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Another view of a shard showing a missing crossbar in the letter "A" in May. Found among broken insulators at a dumping area (construction debris such as broken bricks, tile, broken bottles, etc).... most of the broken insulators were CD 164 H.G.CO. and a few CD 162 H.G.CO. This particular shard shows an embossing error: The "A" in the word "MAY" is clearly missing it's crossbar. I can't be sure if this is from a CD 164 or CD 162. If anyone has a whole example of this embossing error (either on a CD 162 or CD 164), I'd appreciate it if you can compare the embossing closely to my pic and perhaps tell which CD this is from! BTW I assume there may be more than one mold involved (in one or both of those CDs) that displays this error.

UPDATE: This is definitely from a CD 162. I just realized I already have a whole example from this exact mold!! This is a "New Script" mold, (using the terminology used by Gary Kline in his articles from the Aug and Sept 1998 issues of Crown Jewels Magazine).

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