gold dot optar?

[koh303]

Just saw this - does anyone know what this is?
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAwOFgxMTQw/z/xIAAAOSwLVZVmeqB/$_57.JPG

[Taija71A]

* "It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's Superman!!!
No wait... It's only a Bird." Me Bad... (*I got confused because of the Yellow Dot).

My guess (based on the S/N of your Lens)...
Is that it is from a late 1960's Graflex Graphic 45 Camera?

http://www.cameraeccentric.com/html/info/graflex_7.html

For more 'Late Breaking News' on "Yellow Dot" theory and Graflex Lens information...
Please see:

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?12785-Age-of-Wollensak-6%BC-%28159mm%29-Extreme-W-A
http://graflex.org/helpboard/viewtopic.php?t=4666

[Mark Sawyer]

Colored dots were early manufacturers' codes for whatever coating was used.