Zippo Dating Guide

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Zippo Dating Guide

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Year	Regular Size Lighter	Regular Size Lighter	Slim Size Lighter	Slim Size Lighter
	Left Side	Right Side	Left Side	Right Side
1933-36	PAT. PENDING	n/a	n/a	n/a
1937-49	PAT. 2032695	n/a	n/a	n/a
W.W. II	PAT. #2032695	(Black Crackle only)	n/a	n/a
1950-56	PAT. 2517191	n/a	n/a	n/a
1957	Full Stamp	(with patent pending)	. . . .	. . . .
1958	Full Stamp . . . .	(no patent pending) . . . .	. . . .	. . .
1959	. . . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
1960	. . .	. . .	. . .	. .
1961	. . .	. .	. .	. .
1962	. .	. .	. .	.
1963	. .	.	.	.
1964	.	.	.	n/a
1965	.	n/a	n/a	n/a
1966	\| \| \| \|	\| \| \| \|	\| \| \| \|	\| \| \| \|
1967	\| \| \| \|	\| \| \|	\| \| \| \|	\| \| \|
1968	\| \| \|	\| \| \|	\| \| \|	\| \| \|
1969	\| \| \|	\| \|	\| \| \|	\| \|
1970	\| \|	\| \|	\| \|	\| \|
1971	\| \|	\|	\| \|	\|
1972	\|	\|	\|	\|
1973	\|	n/a	\|	n/a
1974	/ / / /	/ / / /	/ / / /	/ / / /
1975	/ / / /	/ / /	/ / / /	/ / /
1976	/ / /	/ / /	/ / /	/ / /
1977	/ / /	/ /	/ / /	/ /
1978	/ /	/ /	/ /	/ /
1979	/	/ /	/ /	/
1980	/	/	/	/
1981	/	n/a	/	n/a
1982	\ \ \ \	\ \ \ \	\ \ \ \	\ \ \ \
1983	\ \ \ \	\ \ \	\ \ \ \	\ \ \
1984	\ \ \	\ \ \	\ \ \	\ \ \
1985	\ \ \	\ \	\ \	\ \
1986	\ \	\ \	\ \	\ \
1986	G to L	I I	G to L	I I
1987	A to L	I I I	A to L	I I I
1988	A to L	I V	A to L	I V
1989	A to L	V	A to L	V
1990	A to L	V I	A to L	V I
1991	A to L	V I I	A to L	V I I
1992	A to L	V I I I	A to L	V I I I
1993	A to L	I X	A to L	I X
1994	A to L	X	A to L	X
1995	A to L	X I	A to L	X I
1996	A to L	X I I	A to L	X I I
1997	A to L	X I I I	A to L	X I I I
1998	A to L	X I V	A to L	X I V
1999	A to L	X V	A to L	X V
2000	A to L	X V I	A to L	X V I
2001	A to L	01	A to L	01
2002	A to L	02	A to L	02
2003	A to L	03	A to L	03
2004	A to L	04	A to L	04
2005	A to L	05	A to L	05
2006	A to L	06	A to L	06
2007	A to L	07	A to L	07
2008	A to L	08	A to L	08
2009	A to L	09	A to L	09
2010	A to L	10	A to L	10

BOTTOM STYLES
As the style of Zippo lighters has changed over the years, so has the design of the Zippo logo that is engraved on the bottom of each lighter.

Since the late 50's, the bottom of every Zippo lighter has featured a series of dots and slashes which serve as code marks. When matched to the manufacturer's coding chart above, you can determine what year the lighters were produced. Here are representative samples.

1932	1953
1936	1958
1943	1980
1946	1986

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