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Originally Posted by jdogrulz
. . . I have seen on this forum for example that the serial# 131439 was stated as "most likely" not long after 1881 but then in another post the serial # 114755 was manufactured in 1867, and another post with "My 3rd Issue # is 48122 and it shipped Mar, 1871".
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I am not sure how one can extrapolate a date from 96xx to 57,000 gap and come up with any information that is a valid observation. Many of those ship dates in the OPs original post may have been guessed at using a similar basis. They do not help and only cause more confusion.
Again, only the letter will show the accurate date and any other method is a guess at best. What I can show is documented ship dates from the SWCA database and members can make their own educated guess. These are the only ones in the general serial number range as the OPs that have a documented ship date.
33XXX . . . 1870
75XXX . . . 1872
80XXX . . . 1872
82XXX . . . 1872
90XXX . . . 1872
104XXX . . 1873