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HC-173 · WISE SILVER · Extended historical · 2020–2025
The OpeningEdition of 25 per side · opens Fri 18 Sep 2026 · closes Sun 1 Nov 2026

What does a Wise Silver hanky mean?

Elder / Mentor. Left pocket: Community Elder. Right pocket: Mentee.

Elder / Mentor — WISE SILVER hanky code print, left pocket: COMMUNITY ELDER
Left pocket · givesCommunity Elder
Elder / Mentor — WISE SILVER hanky code print, right pocket: MENTEE
Right pocket · receivesMentee
ReferenceHC-173
ColourWISE SILVER · #94878E
Era2020-2025
OriginExtended historical · 2020–2025

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The Study · the pairBoth pockets, hung the way you stand. Left gives, right receives.
£50
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£110
The Print pair
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Where it comes from. Documented in later bar charts and community lists, 1980s–1990s. Part of the living record.

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Where it sits in the story

Elder / Mentor entered the code through the extended bar charts and community lists of the 2020–2025s. Left pocket: community elder. Right pocket: mentee. 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 →

Colours next to this one

The code was read across a room, so what sits next to a colour matters. Nearest by eye, from the Greys & neutrals family and beyond.

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Same question, other answers

In the same cluster: Your place in the room.

Community Leader — TORCH GOLD hanky code print, left pocketCommunity LeaderTORCH GOLD · MOVEMENT LEADER / MOVEMENT MEMBERArchivist / Historian — PARCHMENT TAN hanky code print, left pocketArchivist / HistorianPARCHMENT TAN · HISTORY KEEPER / HISTORY LEARNEREvent Organiser — HOST PURPLE hanky code print, left pocketEvent OrganiserHOST PURPLE · ORGANISER / PARTICIPANTActivist — PROTEST RED hanky code print, left pocketActivistPROTEST RED · ACTIVIST LEADER / SUPPORTER
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