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Jogged my memory when you mentioned the Coronet "Boys Radio", so I had to check out the junk box, as I vaguely remembered having one once. When I found it, it turned out to be labeled "Windsor", but in all other aspects, the same radio, even down to the tuning dial showing through the crown (or coronet).
I popped in a battery and it did pick up a couple stations, though very faint (no AM stations in our city and the closest is about 100 miles or so). As far as being "collectible", IIRC I picked it up for about $5.00 at the local flea years ago and I don't think they bring $20.00 on Ebay today. The one transistor which looks original is marked Matsushita which I think is part of National Panasonic? No. 2 transistor is a Sanyo, and looks like it may be a replacement. Not sure, but it could easily have been made by Panasonic.
The little Zenith looks interesting. I wonder if it's a Sinclair (UK) clone? as was the Cleartone, made in Canada in the 1960s. They use a couple watch type batteries in series though.
Haggis.
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