That's a really nice one!
Another case where the Serialization Book is wrong... It is listed there as a PS which is a "lower grade with Plain Steel barrels."
This gun is obviously the Dollar Quality equivalent or predecessor to the Grade 3 or D-Grade gun. Everything about it is Grade 3. I would bet the hammers are replacements. They should be somewhat elaborately engraved judging by hammers we have seen on other Parker D's of that vintage.
I would enjoy it and shoot it for at least a year or two while deciding what to do with it. You may decide on the minimalist approach and decide to just correct the things that are necessary... like that barrel dent.
It's a nice gun as it is.
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