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Illustrated historical reference · Case & bottom stamp

2001–02 · Canada — Case & bottom stamp reference (2001–2002)

Moonlight Canada bottom-stamp period reference for 2001–2002, the final Niagara Falls production period. Glen documents the date-coded Canadian bottom stamp through the July 2002 plant closure.

Known period
2001–2002
Plant
Niagara Falls / Canada
Reference illustrationCanada

Reference images

Evidence, source and dating limits

Sources: 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

Dating caution. This is a documented period reference, not proof of a precise manufacturing year. Case and insert can have different manufacture dates; inserts may have been replaced. A single feature does not establish authenticity.

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