Photographed collector reference · Case & bottom stamp
1959 · Regular · Bradford — Case & bottom stamp reference (1959)
Subsequent years remove dots. 1959 is the only year where they started with removing a dot from the left side of the ZIPPO logo.
- Known period
- 1959
- Plant
- Bradford / United States
- Case type
- regular
- Dating evidence
- Collector-reported reference — A collector or source has documented this example or attribution. The exact year, manufacturing history or classification may not have been independently verified.
- Reference verification
- Photographed specimen; date or classification attributed to the source, not factory-certified.
- Year attribution
- collector-attributed
Reference images · real photographed examples
Subsequent years remove dots. 1959 is the only year where they started with removing a dot from the left side of the ZIPPO logo.
Consolidated reference
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Dating evidence and reference verification
Sources: J. Kim
Collector-reported reference: A collector or source has documented this example or attribution. The exact year, manufacturing history or classification may not have been independently verified.
Reference verification: Photographed specimen; date or classification attributed to the source, not factory-certified.
Photographic copyright: J. Kim
Dating caution. Case and insert can have different manufacture dates; inserts may have been replaced. A single feature does not establish authenticity.