Old Yale Safe w/Handwritten Combo Wont Open

[Goodfella]

Hi All,
Recently a family member passed away and his surviving children believe his will and other documents to be in a safe in his office. He did leave a combo taped to the safe door but we have tried to no avail. The combo he wrote looks like this:
L-11/11. R(3)-86, L(2)-40, R-40 but this seems to be open to interpretation because none of us can figure what 11 11 means. I've included imgur links to his handwritten combo and lock.

https://imgur.com/a/I6GTYtP


https://imgur.com/a/TcFfQKz



I have tried reversing the combo and +/-2 to each number in every variation as well. Have not tried the rubber mallet method yet. I feel him writing "11 11" is off because he did not include any parenthesis for the amount of turns on the first number in the combo when he did for the others. He was a CPA if that is relevant at all. Any help would be appreciated.

[Squelchtone]

Most modern safe locks use the 4-3-2-1 dialing method, that top 11 might be a faded 4. especially since the top of the 4 in 40 is open and not a closed triangle/boat sail shape.

Dial Left three times past 11 and stop on 11 the 4th time

Dial Right two times past 86 and stop on 86 the 3rd time

Dial Left one time past 40 and stop on 40 the 2nd time

Dial Right to 89 and hopefully the dial will stop dead at 89 and you can open the door.

Hope this works!
Squelchtone

[billdeserthills]

That 11 is actually a 4

[high_order1]

That's a 4, buddy



See the dot where the right leg is composed of two segments? There's a fine line connecting the two legs ending there.

Clever of him though, even with the combo in plain sight, she still retains her mysteries

[Squelchtone]

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