Esterbrook Dollar Pen Models

[Terry60031]

I now have a few Dollar Pens which I would like to restore and learn more about.  Three questions:

 

How can I tell what model I have H, A or B?   In the past I thought I saw article about how to ID a Dollar Pen but now can't find it in my search.  Should have bookmarked it!

Most of what I read recommends a size 16 sac for ALL Esterbrook's, but I thought I read somewhere that Dollar Pens may be different?

One of the cap bands is a little loose.  What can cause that and any advice on what to do about it?

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

[KandyPenz]

http://www.esterbrook.net/bah3.shtml
http://www.richardspens.com/ref/profiles/dollar.htm

[gweimer1]

14 hours ago, Terry60031 said:

I now have a few Dollar Pens which I would like to restore and learn more about.  Three questions:

 

How can I tell what model I have H, A or B?   In the past I thought I saw article about how to ID a Dollar Pen but now can't find it in my search.  Should have bookmarked it!

Most of what I read recommends a size 16 sac for ALL Esterbrook's, but I thought I read somewhere that Dollar Pens may be different?

One of the cap bands is a little loose.  What can cause that and any advice on what to do about it?

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

Aside from the links provided, the easy (well, sort of) way to tell is this:
Full size pen - Dollar B

Slender pen - Dollar A

Short, slender pen - Dollar H

 

I find myself using #17 sacs for most J series pens, but the Dollar pens more often use a #18 or even a #20.