Late 50s philco curb find

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Originally Posted by Tubejunke

Seems like there has been a thead before where it was mentioned that there were two types of 'Micamold' caps. One type, if I remember correctly, was paper inside the dotted case, which would be basically a fake, and of course being a paper wound cap would be one to replace. The actual "Micamold" caps are supposedly more like ceramics, you can leave them alone in most cases. There is a visual way to tell the difference. I wish I could remember.......help!

Perhaps someone else who remembers this thread can make sure my version is correct, and we can refresh the subject for newer people.

Perhaps this will help. I posted this figure from an old ARRL handbook in my 7VT2 restoration thread.

It shows that true mica have a black dot while paper have a silver dot in the upper left corner.