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richyb1945 · 01-21-2014, 11:25 AM

All things being equal is a commercial luger in the 4 digit range of 5000 worth more than a 5 digit one.

Rich

alanint · 01-21-2014, 11:33 AM

No. Unless for some odd reason someone wants to pay a premium for this.

ithacaartist · 01-21-2014, 11:37 AM

I'd say not. The same 4-digit serial number will show up in each block manufactured. People often infer significance with some numbers, but unless a serial number reveals an actual state of scarcity, it's all in one's head. The process is called pareidolia--the perception of patterns in the world around us which are not really there. This is part of how we are hard-wired, part of the biases/filters through which we take in and process our environment.

wlyon · 01-21-2014, 05:17 PM

Based on old nomenclature a 4 digit would be probably a 1920 commercial. The 5 digit is probably a 1923 commercial. My guess is that a 1923 is worth slightly more than a 1920. Bill

Ron Wood · 01-21-2014, 05:30 PM

Unless it is a 1900 Commercial, a 4-digit serial number Commercial will have a suffix letter. So, as Bill has stated, a 5-digit commercial in the 1920 era is worth more than a 4-digit with suffix. If it is a 1900 it is worth a lot more.

01-21-2014, 11:25 AM	#1
richyb1945 New User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Omaha Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	New Guy has a question All things being equal is a commercial luger in the 4 digit range of 5000 worth more than a 5 digit one. Rich

01-21-2014, 11:37 AM	#3
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,374 Thanks: 7,447 Thanked 2,613 Times in 1,380 Posts	I'd say not. The same 4-digit serial number will show up in each block manufactured. People often infer significance with some numbers, but unless a serial number reveals an actual state of scarcity, it's all in one's head. The process is called pareidolia--the perception of patterns in the world around us which are not really there. This is part of how we are hard-wired, part of the biases/filters through which we take in and process our environment. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

01-21-2014, 05:17 PM	#4
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,655 Thanks: 3,212 Thanked 2,619 Times in 971 Posts	Based on old nomenclature a 4 digit would be probably a 1920 commercial. The 5 digit is probably a 1923 commercial. My guess is that a 1923 is worth slightly more than a 1920. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

01-21-2014, 05:30 PM	#5
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,040 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,257 Times in 1,724 Posts	Unless it is a 1900 Commercial, a 4-digit serial number Commercial will have a suffix letter. So, as Bill has stated, a 5-digit commercial in the 1920 era is worth more than a 4-digit with suffix. If it is a 1900 it is worth a lot more. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

01-21-2014, 11:33 AM	#2
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	No. Unless for some odd reason someone wants to pay a premium for this.