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(Solved) What purpose does this enigmatic text serve? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world
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This container currently holds sewing pins. The text that wraps around: P2HEWARQI60P3HL51EHCBDRA01PKFGNBYCXDWA5SJ4

the text has no clear beginning or ending.

Here is the bottom:

The container is 5.5cm in diameter.

A small, round metal tin. The lid is blue with the title "MAINLINE ribbon" and a company monogram of "B". The body is beige with blue text wrapped around the container.
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[–] 12 points 3 months ago

Typewriter ribbon box.
The text is I assume just advertising the quality of random letters.

This is what typewriters and dot matrix printers used to print text onto paper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ink_ribbon

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