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Interesting , I have a Sheaffer Balance Lever Fill with a serial number on it 7715534. I was wondering if the nib was 14 K gold since this isn’t stamped on the nib? LikeLike Reply
It is indeed! Many gold nibs of the time were not marked with the gold content, but all yellow nibs on top-quality pens were gold. LikeLiked by 1 person Reply
Daniel Kirchheimer 
Interesting , I have a Sheaffer Balance Lever Fill with a serial number on it 7715534. I was wondering if the nib was 14 K gold since this isn’t stamped on the nib?
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It is indeed! Many gold nibs of the time were not marked with the gold content, but all yellow nibs on top-quality pens were gold.
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