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1953 Smith Corona Sterling Serial # 5A465797 1953 Smith Corona Sterling typewriter, Serial # 5A465797 David Richman's 1953 Smith Corona Sterling typewriter. 2026-03-08 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of David Richman: 1953 Smith Corona Sterling Serial # 5A465797 This machine was a pleasure to restore except for the left platen knob assembly, that was a pain and required some finagling to get working, but besides that, this machine was fun to fix. this typewriter is shockingly similar to most of my current Smith Corona portable typewriters with only minor differences between them, and with this similarity and the machines being made so good and the fact that these machines just feel great to use, its no wonder why they kept the design so long. this particular machine actually came with its original owners manual witch is pretty neat. O, and I also had an idea for the typewriter database, I think it would be pretty neat if there was a section to cataloging what owners manuals go to witch machines and then photographing the manuals and having a section for those pictures so anyone could look up the owners Manuel of there machine and read it, that would be nice to see added here.

1953 Smith Corona Sterling #5A465797

Status: My Collection
Hunter: David Richman (David1887)
Created: 03-08-2026 at 07:07PM
Last Edit: 03-08-2026 at 07:28PM

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This machine was a pleasure to restore except for the left platen knob assembly, that was a pain and required some finagling to get working, but besides that, this machine was fun to fix. this typewriter is shockingly similar to most of my current Smith Corona portable typewriters with only minor differences between them, and with this similarity and the machines being made so good and the fact that these machines just feel great to use, its no wonder why they kept the design so long. this particular machine actually came with its original owners manual witch is pretty neat. O, and I also had an idea for the typewriter database, I think it would be pretty neat if there was a section to cataloging what owners manuals go to witch machines and then photographing the manuals and having a section for those pictures so anyone could look up the owners Manuel of there machine and read it, that would be nice to see added here.

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Heres the owners manual, the original owners kept this in pretty good shape given everything. I also like that they wrote the serial number on it.
Heres the owners manual, the original owners kept this in pretty good shape given everything. I also like that they wrote the serial number on it.










In the bottom left at the end of that line of numbers and letters it says 6-53 and that does actually line up to when this machine was made so who knows.
In the bottom left at the end of that line of numbers and letters it says 6-53 and that does actually line up to when this machine was made so who knows.

Hunter: David Richman (David1887)

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I have been collecting and restoring typewriter's for about 2 and a half years now, I collect and restore other antiques aswell but I mainly focus on typewriters.


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