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MacD · Joined: 29 Mar 2019 Posts: 4 Location: Netherlands

Hi, guys (and gals)!

I have a Curta MK II for sale, from the Netherlands. It belonged to my (and my two brothers') dad who was always into cryptography, calculators and WWII.

It works perfectly/smoothly but it is only the device, no case or anything else. The clearing pin (as you can see in the photos) is present.

You can reach me at: m.edgar at gmail.com if you're interested.

Also, I have seen a lot of different pricings for a device like this all over the net, and ebay seems to have some crazy prices, so if some people could chime in with a very broad range of what this should go for in its condition, I would be much obliged!

Images here at imgur:

https://imgur.com/a/B95Gpl4

And info as follows:

Curta II characteristics

Characteristics of the Curta Serial Number 549914:
Type: 2
Date of manufacture: January 1969
Age: 50 years old
Total Curtas Type 2 produced: 61660
Total Production Number: From the start: 49914, Up to the end: 11746
Curtas Type 2 produced in 1969: 5400
Production Number of 1969: From the start: 394, Up to the end: 5006
Precision of registers: 11, 15, 8 (Digits of Input, Result & Counter register)
Color of the body: Light grey
Style of setting knobs: Rectangular with teeth, Red-Black-Black pattern
Style of operating handle: Plastic, flat top with arrow, red stripe for subtract
[NOT PRESENT Style of the Canister: Plastic, opens clockwise]