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Illustrated historical reference · Case & bottom stamp

1986–2000 · Regular · Niagara Falls — Case & bottom stamp reference (1986–2000)

1986–2000 · Canada: Moonlight period reference for the later Niagara Falls bottom stamp. Exact date-code decoding remains governed by the Canadian month/year rules; Canadian date codes begin in 1987 in this tool. Glen dates the Canadian adoption of U.S.-style case/insert date coding to 1987.

Known period
1986–2000
Plant
Niagara Falls / Canada
Case type
regular
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 illustrationCanada

Reference images

1986–2000 · Regular · Niagara Falls — 1986–2000 · Canada · primary reference
1986–2000 · Canada · primary referenceHistorical reference illustration · Source: Moonlight Zippo
1986–2000 · Regular · Niagara Falls — 1987–2002 · date-coded Canada example · Glen reference
1987–2002 · date-coded Canada example · Glen referenceHistorical reference illustration · Source: Glen's Zippo Page

Dating evidence and reference verification

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

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. 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.

Year lookup

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