Luger DWM commercial ID help

Lugerdoc · 11-01-2011, 10:02 AM

Bill, You've got it backwards. The first commericals after WW1 continued using the 5 digit serialization that ended in the 75xxx range in 1914. When the numbers approached 100K in 1923, they switch to the military Alpha numeric system @ 2000i block rather than going to a 6 digit serial. The Alphabet commericals starting "i" suffix block corresponded to where 92,000 commericals, starting in 1900, would have already been made. TH

11-01-2011, 10:02 AM	#17
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 737 Times in 484 Posts	Bill, You've got it backwards. The first commericals after WW1 continued using the 5 digit serialization that ended in the 75xxx range in 1914. When the numbers approached 100K in 1923, they switch to the military Alpha numeric system @ 2000i block rather than going to a 6 digit serial. The Alphabet commericals starting "i" suffix block corresponded to where 92,000 commericals, starting in 1900, would have already been made. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net