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This site ( http://www.sanduskyplanes.com/category/sandusky-planes-by-number/ ) lists the #51 as a center bead plane (double). I’m pretty sure I’ve seen PDFs of old Sandusky catalogs but didn’t look for one now to confirm this assignment.
See p.63 at this link for an example of using a center bead to make the moulding shown in figure 80 which has three parallel beads in the middle.