Illustrated historical reference · Insert
2000 · Regular · Niagara Falls — Insert reference (2000)
Moonlight Canadian insert period reference. Insert construction can overlap and inserts can be replaced, so use this as supporting evidence alongside the case bottom stamp. Glen documents the imprint turning upright again in 2000.
- Known period
- 2000
- Plant
- Niagara Falls / Canada
- 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 images
Consolidated reference
This archival entry remains available under its original URL. The consolidated display groups examples of the same dated model type and production plant without removing this source record.
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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. Case and insert can have different manufacture dates; inserts may have been replaced. A single feature does not establish authenticity.