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HC-172 · TORCH GOLD · Extended historical · 2020–2025 · The 175 · extended record
Drop 2 · The RolesEdition of 25 per side · opens Mon 2 Nov 2026 · Family 48 hours early · closes Sun 22 Nov 2026

What does a Torch Gold hanky mean?

Community Leader. Left pocket: Movement Leader. Right pocket: Movement Member.

Community Leader — TORCH GOLD hanky code print, left pocket: MOVEMENT LEADER
Left pocket · givesMovement Leader
Community Leader — TORCH GOLD hanky code print, right pocket: MOVEMENT MEMBER
Right pocket · receivesMovement Member
ReferenceHC-172
ColourTORCH GOLD · #F8A825
Era2020-2025
OriginExtended historical · 2020–2025

Where it sits in the story

Community Leader entered the code through the extended bar charts and community lists of the 2020–2025s. Left pocket: movement leader. Right pocket: movement member. Part of the living record — documented, argued over and revised by the people who wore it.

197220261976 · Disco & metallic signals

Timeline stage: 1976 · Disco & metallic signals. Read the full history →

Own it

The swatchThe print at phone size with a name in the margin, sent phone to phone. Make it yours or make it for the person who should read you. No account, no email.
Free
Send it
Send a postcardA real postcard, printed and posted for you — HC-172, their name on it, in an envelope on your doormat or theirs. Unsigned, unnumbered. The impulse buy: no account beyond an address.
£15
The Print · A3Giclée A3 on Hahnemühle German Etching 310gsm, posted flat by Prodigi, our print partner. Unsigned. Always on — ordered at will, no window, no clock — numbered in the Register in order of sale, with the Register QR printed in the margin.
£50
The Print · the pairBoth pockets, posted flat together.
£90
The Print pair
The Edition · Family onlyGiclée on Hahnemühle German Etching 310gsm, A3, numbered and blind-stamped by the studio, entered in the Register and anchored to the Bitcoin blockchain. Drawn only from The 175 — the historical record — this code is one of them. 25 per side, released to members in dated drops, on a published escalator: nos 1–10 £300 · 11–20 £400 · 21–25 £500 — the price rises as it sells, stated in advance, verifiable in the Register.
from £300
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Drop 2 · The Roles · Family early access Sat 31 Oct 2026 · opens Mon 2 Nov 2026 · closes Sun 22 Nov 2026.

Adults only. We store the address for this drop and delete it when the drop closes unless you are in the Family. How we handle data.

Where it comes from. Documented in later bar charts and community lists, 1980s–1990s. Part of the living record.

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Generated from the HankyCode Master v3 row HC-172 · checked by HankyFamily · last built 2026-09-20