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Purchased this at a sale today. It is reflective cream colored enamel. Very heavy. Any experts out there who may know if real or reproduction? Thanks
US 66 Missouri - Real or Repro? | ||
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From those pics, I'd havta guess "repro", though maybe also actually an older example of such. Your 2nd pic makes it appear the sign is made of galvanized steel (is it magnetic??) under its paint, which to my knowledge was never used as a 'base metal' for highway signs in MO or elsewhere. The rather large 'speckle pattern' to that metal suggests its potential age too (or at least its thickness?) as the vast majority of galvanized steel things made today [think the ductwork for your furnace/airconditioner) are of a much thinner gauge metal, with a similar (but much finer) pattern to it.
Hi sign is magnetic. It is approx 1/8-1/4” thick.