Ancient capacitor help

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JustinFun
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I just got hold of some ancient 2u2 capacitors which I was thinking of using in some fuzz face builds. I know mojo is bunk but sometimes it's fun to build with smd, and sometimes it's fun to build with stupidly big vintage components.
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The text at the top says 'STC' which I assume means they're tants? Trouble is there doesn't seem to be any polarity marking on them. The ends do look different from each other however.
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If I was to guess I'd say the blue end was positive (as per the 'pinched' end in an axial electro) but I'm hoping someone here can do better than a guess.

They only cost pence so if general consensus is I'd be better off consigning them to the bin I won't be particularly put out.

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They don't look electrolytic?
Old caps value will drift over time tho,so if u have a multimeter that measures capacitance,using it on them will give u a correct value,and0let u know if electro or not? Getting the best meter u can is always the way to go

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