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52 Merc
If it is actually a US built Mercury, that would be news to me, not that I am the difinitive expert by any means. My understanding is that because of trade and tarriff laws, Candian sales came from Canadian production, and Mercurys were neither built nor sold in the US. But you may be onto something because it is a COE. Perhaps they bent the rules here. Here's a link to the Mercury Trucks website data tag page for '56. It doesn't mention COE's like they do in previous years. I suppose anything is possible.
1956 Ford & Mercury Serial Plate
This was only a guess. There aren't any numbers plates left on the cab that I have found. If any one has an idea where hidden numbers might be I'd definitely look. Am hoping that another Merc coe owner might come along and put in their two bits worth. My thoughts are possibly Detroit built them for export only.
I was always under the impression that Mercs were only built in Can. until this came along.