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Those with openwork bows often also have suspension loops, normally short and tubular; these may have been used with rings, chains or swivels but, if so, none survive in place. One key, WMID-25B5B4, has a leather thong surviving, but it is wrapped around the bow and does not actually use the ‘suspension’ loop. Keys of London type VI with openwork bows and tubular suspension loops. Left, WMID-D7BDAC (above) and WAW-7347C6 (below). Centre, NMS-45AE81 (above) and WMID-643E11 (below). Right, WMID-7CE0D1 (above) and WMID-25B5B4 (with leather thong, below). For example, if you have a master key for a building in New York, it is highly improbable that same master key would open all the doors in a building in Philadelphia or Boston.

For example, Ford and GMC have their logos engraved on a lot of the older model car keys. Samsonite, a company well known for suitcases and luggage also often had their brand stamped on the key.Although almost all of the casket keys on the PAS database are of copper alloy, we know from excavated material that they were often made from iron as well, and are very similar in both materials. The bit is always quite simple, often symmetrical, sometimes uncut. They are normally made from cast copper-alloy, but can occasionally be made from folded sheet. A selection of medieval ‘casket’ keys. Left, three keys with projecting stem-tips. Top to bottom: YORYM-BA5220, SUR-213DCA, YORYM-F9FB06. Centre, three keys with hollow tips to the stem. Top to bottom: SWYOR-1E38C8 (with lozenge bow), LIN-45359F, BUC-7FCC12. Right, cast and sheet-metal keys. Top to bottom: NLM-8E3BA4 (cast, with filemarks), DENO-273694 (of folded sheet metal). Ring-keys were classified by Guiraud (1989, 191-3) as her finger-ring type 5. Guiraud divided them into five sub-types on the basis of the bit, but only Guiraud types 5a and 5b are at all common. Type 5a usually has a hollow stem and a bit with a slot immediately below the stem, but can come in simpler versions as well (e.g. WILT-C592D7, shown below). Type 5b has a very short stem and a square or rounded bit with openwork centre. Roman ring-keys. Left, three keys of Guiraud type 5a (left above, WILT-C592D7; left below, LIN-CA7623 (with decorated ring); right, DOR-8FF913). Right, three keys of Guiraud type 5b (left, BM-B35729; centre, SUR-452144; right, BM-DE9D93). The bow is normally simple and circular, but can occasionally be more elaborate; lozengiform bows are sometimes found. The stem is normally hollow at the end, but occasionally can be solid, tapering to project beyond the bit. The main typologies are Ward Perkins’s, developed for the keys in the London Museum; and Goodall’s, a modification of the London system developed in Winchester ( Biddle 1990, 1005-36). The London system uses Roman numerals, and the Winchester system uses Arabic numerals.

One thing that makes car keys collectible is there are many people who collect different types of car memorabilia. People tend to be very loyal to their favorite kinds of cars, whether they are a “Ford Person” or a “Chevy Person”. The other types are very rare; type 5c has a double-sided bit, type 5d appears to be a cruder version of type 5a, and type 5e has a decorative projection which does not appear to have worked as a functional key.

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Goodall defines these as having the bit set centrally to the stem, and Ward Perkins calls them the ‘symmetrical form’. There are perhaps three main forms on the database, one with a lozenge bow, another with a circular bow with off-centre knop, and a plainer one with simple circular bow. When lost, the keys stored on it are lost as well. A new key ring can be bought from Yanni Salika in Shilo Village for 500 coins and the keys must be collected again. This also requires having used the antique lamp from completing the One Small Favour quest, otherwise Yanni will not offer to sell the key ring. These handles can also be found on smaller keys, and in a variety of patterns, not all of which have the three lobes (see below for examples). There are also some quatrefoil or quadrilobate key fragments recorded on the PAS database as Roman, but as all complete examples are medieval, a Roman date is less likely to be correct. If you are unsure whether to go for a Roman or medieval date, look closely at the collar (if it survives) as Roman collars tend to have multiple transverse grooves and narrow ridges, and medieval collars tend to have a larger central rounded component. Roman keys which retain at least part of a copper-alloy openwork handle and an iron stem. Left above, WMID-4CCDD1 (with double bit). Left below, HAMP-B535F4. Right, HAMP-78F8D1. Note the distinctive collars. These categories are really only relevant for iron keys, which are forged rather than cast (copper-alloy keys tend to be simply cast in one piece, or occasionally made from folded sheet).

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