Photographed collector reference · Insert
2000 · Regular · Niagara Falls — Insert reference (2000)
Canada regular insert · January 2000: Real photographed Niagara Falls, Ontario regular insert with visible January 2000 date code. 2000 · Canada insert: Moonlight Canadian insert period reference. Insert construction can overlap and inserts can be replaced, so use this as supporting evidence alongside the case bottom stamp. Glen documents the imprint turning upright again in 2000.
- Known period
- January 2000
- Plant
- Niagara Falls / Canada
- Case type
- regular
- Insert finish
- standard
- Dating evidence
- Primary dating clue — An established factory date code or a directly relevant stamp system. Check the complete marking and model type; it is not a certificate of authenticity.
- Reference verification
- Photographed specimen; visual features documented, precise production date and authenticity not automatically verified.
- Year attribution
- documented by visible insert date code
Reference images · real photographed examples
Historical variants and original source records
Independent sources and distinct stamp layouts are preserved as individual photographs, not additional main cards. A pictured example alone cannot establish that every lighter from the year used the same construction.
- 2000 · Regular · Niagara Falls — 2000 · Canada insert
Dating evidence and reference verification
Sources: In Quiet Detail — Primary photographic and collector reference archive; Moonlight Zippo — Historical bottom-stamp variants, Slim dating chronology, and Canadian bottom/insert period references; Glen's Zippo Page — Historical bottom-stamp, case/insert construction details, Canadian dating chronology, and transition research
Primary dating clue: An established factory date code or a directly relevant stamp system. Check the complete marking and model type; it is not a certificate of authenticity.
Reference verification: Photographed specimen; visual features documented, precise production date and authenticity not automatically verified.
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.