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Illustrated historical reference · Case & bottom stamp

2000 · Later — Case & bottom stamp reference (2000)

March–December 2000 layout: separate 2000 marking together with XVI.

Known period
2000
Reference illustration

Reference images

Evidence, source and dating limits

Sources: Glen's Zippo Page — Historical bottom-stamp, case/insert construction details, Canadian dating chronology, and transition research; In Quiet Detail — Primary photographic and collector reference archive; Moonlight Zippo — Historical bottom-stamp variants, Slim dating chronology, and Canadian bottom/insert period references

Dating caution. Case and insert can have different manufacture dates; inserts may have been replaced. A single feature does not establish authenticity.

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