I found this Grotesque and thought it must be Atlas from Commercial Type http://commercialtype.com/typefaces/atlas/grotesk/regular
But the numerals are not. – Any ideas?
Thanks a lot.

I found this Grotesque and thought it must be Atlas from Commercial Type http://commercialtype.com/typefaces/atlas/grotesk/regular
But the numerals are not. – Any ideas?
Thanks a lot.

Can't fin anything closer than Atlas Grotesk you've already found. This /t can't lie to me. But you're right, numerals (/2 is even closer to Helvetica actually). Depending on time period of your sample, could be the original Mercator that Atlas Grotesk is based on: http://typophile.com/node/53257
This /a reminds me of Akkurat.
Quoted from Atlas Grotesk description text
The aesthetic of Atlas was inspired in large part by the sans serifs of the 1950s, specifically Dick Dooijes’s Mercator, released by the Amsterdam Type Foundry in 1957.
Mercator thread:
http://typophile.com/node/53257
Corina Neuenschwander and Simone Koller designed this – including poster, invite etc. for an exhibition at Helmhaus Zurich, on show in spring 2013. The font is indeed Laurenz Brunner's version of Mercator.
There's also this book, worth checking out, although in german only. http://
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