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Esterbrook #64 Cooper’s Commercial Pen

Description:

  • Name(s): Cooper’s Commercial Pen
  • Shape: Shoulder
  • Finishes: Bronze
  • Tip: Pointed
  • Prices: 40¢ per gross

Comments:

  • Another shoulder pen called a Commercial. Esterbrook #9 and #10 Commercial were also shoulder pens.
  • Part of a set of pens that fall under the Cooper’s name. The other is the #51 Cooper’s School Pen. It’s not clear if these were named for a person, for the Cooper’s School, of the street upon which the factory was located (Cooper) or something else.
  • “A small business pen; medium fine.” – 1883

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