This pen set is featured in the 2020 Summer Pennant article “Carter’s Fountain Pens: The Black Derbies” by Ross McKinney Jr. This is a Carter's model 9233 Coralite Green celluloid ringtop fountain pen and model 954 matching pencil traveling set c. 1931. According to Ross McKinney's article "CARTER’S Fountain Pens: THE EARLY DAYS" in the Fall 2019 Pennant, the pen’s model number has four "columns" that, on this pen, describe the color 9=Coralite Green, the barrel diameter 2=medium, the length 3=short, and the nib 3=nib size. This 4 3/8 inch long pen features gold filled trim, including two cap bands, cap top and barrel end trim bands, and patented lever. It has rounded black “derby” cap top and barrel end caps. The barrel is stamped -CARTER's- over PATENTED over THE CARTER'S INK CO. over BOSTON - NEW YORK - CHICAGO. The gold nib is stamped CARTER over INX over PEN over 14K. The pen sold for $3.50 in 1931 and the matching pencil was $1.50. Together with a celluloid traveling case the set was model 92338 and sold for $5.00. If you aren't a member of the Pen Collectors of America, you should be! https://pencollectorsofamerica.org #pencollecting #fountainpen #carter #carterink #coralite #celluloid #pencollectors #penhero https://www.instagram.com/p/CDmrLfZDaeE/?igshid=19i184seh8ec3
