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June 10, 1943: Biro Brothers Patent Ballpoint Pen ...


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"When the pens went into commercial production in 1945, they were a sensation. In the United States, the Reynolds Pen sold for $12.50 (about $150 in today's money). Yet people swarmed a New York department store to buy 8,000 of them on the first day of sale."

 

the iPhone of yesteryear.....

 

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