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HC-173 · WISE SILVER · Extended historical · 2020–2025 · The 175 · extended record
The OpeningEdition of 25 per side · opens Fri 18 Sep 2026 · Family 48 hours early · 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

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 →

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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
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Send a postcardA real postcard, printed and posted for you — HC-173, their name on it, in an envelope on your doormat or theirs. Unsigned, unnumbered. The impulse buy: no account beyond an address.
£15
Left · Community ElderRight · Mentee
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
Print · leftPrint · right
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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The Opening · Family early access Fri 18 Sep 2026 · opens Fri 18 Sep 2026 · closes Sun 1 Nov 2026.

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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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The match Send the right pocket — Mentee Send the left pocket — Community Elder
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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.

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