A Puzzle to Solve: Antique G & J Gem NY Lock Co. Barrel Lock with Numbered Disks walking a brilliant and resourceful idea

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A Puzzle to Solve: Antique G & J Gem NY Lock Co. Barrel Lock with Numbered Disks walking a brilliant and resourceful ideaSince finding an antique brass barrel type lock with rotating disk letters, I've kept an eye for others this is not that, iron steel rather than brass, and with numbers rather than letters, but still. I do not have the combination, so it is also a puzzle to be solved! (I also think that locks make nice valentines!) The numbered disks at the far ends are fixed; it is the three center disks that turn. Made by G&J Gem Lock Company, NY, late 19th c. or