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Illustrated historical reference · Case & bottom stamp

1993 · Replica (model unspecified) · Bradford — Case & bottom stamp reference (1993)

1993 · Replica: Replica bottom stamps can identify the replica family or release, but may not provide the exact production date. Check the insert when possible.

Known period
1993
Plant
Bradford / United States
Case type
replica (model unspecified)
Dating evidence
Supporting comparison — A useful illustrated or photographed comparison. The feature alone does not establish a unique production date.
Reference verification
Historical illustration or documented comparison; not an independently authenticated specimen photograph.
Reference illustrationReplica

Reference images

Dating evidence and reference verification

Sources: In Quiet Detail — Primary photographic and collector reference archive; Glen's Zippo Page — Historical bottom-stamp, case/insert construction details, Canadian dating chronology, and transition research; Moonlight Zippo — Historical bottom-stamp variants, Slim dating chronology, and Canadian bottom/insert period references

Supporting comparison: A useful illustrated or photographed comparison. The feature alone does not establish a unique production date.

Reference verification: Historical illustration or documented comparison; not an independently authenticated specimen photograph.

Dating caution. A Replica name refers to the reproduced design, not necessarily the year this example was manufactured. Case and insert can have different manufacture dates; inserts may have been replaced. A single feature does not establish authenticity.

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