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I've posted this information before, so here it is a different way. The first hubcap with the big "F" is a 1913. It is similar to the 1914 hubcap next to it.
There is one more photo shot a different way. The 1914 hubcap was used at least through 1917, but was nickel plated. It may have even been used later than that. When compared side by side, as I have done the difference is apparent.

Larry, what years are these two old brass hubcaps?

Jim,
Those would be 1914-1916. The hubcaps from 1917 Are the same design, but nickel plated. Some are made out of steel.

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I'll go along with Keith on that one. The RH cap that Jim posted looks like a cross over maybe? I know from all the hub caps I've collected, there were at least two different companies making them, or maybe more. I have two 1917 hubcaps. One has a black center, and one doesn't.

Another script detail is on the running boards. The Ford script on them is similar from 1913 through 1925, but entirely different styles over the years.
The 1913's are similar to the hubcaps, and the 'F' got shrunk over the years. In addition, the 13-14 running boards had the holes for mounting the carbide generator on BOTH sides, and was dropped in 1915 after the 14 supply ran out.

For comparison, the "1912" hubcap (which was introduced in July 1911) and the 1913 hubcaps are essentially the same with the addition of MADE IN USA in 1913.
-Keith

So, this is a 1912 with two 1914-16?

Jim,
That would be my assessment.
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Keith

Keith: Do you have a complete set now? I know that early stuff is hard to find, so I imagine you'll keep buying whatever you find.

I would have thought that the one on the right in Jim’s picture is a ‘13...

My fairly original late May / early June ‘13 doesn’t have holes for a carbide generator in the passenger side running board.

Even much later hubcaps are getting very hard to find. I’ll bet I went through 40 just to get 4 good ones to restore.

I've been to every Hershey meet for 34 years, without missing one. I used to pick up NOS late hubcaps all the time for $10 each. That is getting harder to do. I've also found a lot of early hub caps there for what ever I had to pay.