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I am quite ill informed on the subject of locks but I have some information on the Acme keys from an article by Karl Jacobs in The Lock Collector Issue 46 which describes the diamond stamped...
It is surmised that the letters relate to dates, but there is no evidence to support that supposition that I have ever seen. It could mean a multitude of other things.
Very very nice, particularly love that ‘baby’ Mosler. Never tire of seeing these
Doug is correct, it's a Mosler. Here is another example with the name on the upper gear cover wheel (Baker Boyer Bank, Walla Walla, Washington) with, I assume, original equipment and alarm wiring: ...
Without comparing the door to pictures I have of similar doors, pretty sure it is a Mosler. Original locks and timelock would have been Yale. I think when I did bank service, you would have had to...
Incase it is not clear, the diamond Mark gives the date of design registration, not of manufacture
Cotterill padlock key