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Antique Wrench, is this a No. 1 ?

Delmag17

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Hello, my name is Del, I am new. I was just wondering if anybody can confirm the identification of this wrench for me. I found it in an old toolbox that I inherited.
It has a stamp on it that says "L & AG Coes Worcester Mass". I think it was manufactured under a patent #2054, if so it could be a No. 1. This would have been my great-great grandfathers tool kit if the stories grampa told me were accurate. There are so many possible scenarios of this manufacture over the years that I'm just not sure what it is. I want to pass my collection down in the family, but I would like to be able to document the background of these items as much as possible. I thought who would know better than a group of professional tool users, can you help?
 

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Delmag17

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Welcome to the group, there are some very knowledgeable folks here. Looks to me like a hammer. hahahaha
Thanks, this looks like it's been used as a hammer on a few occasions. I'm betting in a group like this there is a whole bunch of knowledge and experience!!! Could you imagine how many years of combined experience there is here? Whoa!!!
 

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Some guys have decades of antique tool experience and other have 1 Hour's experience hundred of times., like everywhere.

I usually have 15 minutes experience and have actually used to hammer to loosen a plug or something on some old cast iron pipes - it was 50+ years ago at my Grandmother's house.

I bumped this so it more visible.
 
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Delmag17

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Thanks, I lived in socal for 40 years. Moved back to Indiana 5 years ago and I'm not missing CA at all. Hope your weather gets better. Do you know anything about old tools? I have a old carpenter tool chest full of them and would like to see where they originated and when they were made.
 

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Beautiful wrench. Do you know what year it was made? I have a wrench frome the late 1800s with similar adjusting mechanism
 

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