Photographed collector reference · Case & bottom stamp
1998 · Regular · Real examples — Case & bottom stamp reference (1998)
Two real 1998 regular-case examples. Use the established 1998 A/B references and other construction clues when distinguishing reported layout variants.
- Known period
- 1998
- Plant
- Bradford / United States
- Case type
- regular
- Evidence / certainty
- Photographed collector example; not automatically a factory-certified year
Reference images · real photographed examples
Evidence, source and dating limits
Sources: In Quiet Detail — Primary photographic and collector reference archive
Photographic copyright: Credited individually below each photograph
Dating caution. Case and insert can have different manufacture dates; inserts may have been replaced. A single feature does not establish authenticity.