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Thread: US Capitol Dome Key
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22-02-05, 03:28 AM #1Member
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US Capitol Dome Key
I have inherited a key that has been mounted on a plaque that is identified as
the "Original Key to the Dome of the US Capitol" it is dated 1865. My father worked in the US Capitol as a Page in the mid 1940s and received it as a gift.
Does anyone know where I can have this item authenticated and appraised ?
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Another point Gary is that although the key is marked 'patent' nothing has been found in the British patent abridgements, so maybe its one that was 'applied for' but not granted... The mystery...
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