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Bjärton serial numbers

Photos of the original Bjärton shipping ledgers.

A copy of the original Bjärton serial number list
(compiled in 1977).



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1952 - circa 1958
4 digits impressed into
the top edge of the headstock.

Serial number range Year
1001 - 10xx Circa 1952
10xx - 16xx Circa 1953
16xx - 27xx Circa 1954
27xx - 45xx Circa 1955
45xx - 64xx Circa 1956
64xx - 87xx Circa 1957
87xx - 9xxx Circa 1958


Circa 1958 - circa 1961
4-5 digits hand written on the label.

Serial number range Year
9xxx - 107xx Circa 1958
107xx - 17234 Circa 1959
17235 - 195xx Circa 1960
195xx - 1999x Circa 1961
1999x - 2053x Circa 1959
2053x - 2145x Circa 1960
2145x - 284xx Circa 1961
284xx - 3480x Circa 1962
3480x - 36511 1962


Circa 1961 - 1968
5-6 digits printed on the label.

Serial number range Year
2145x - 284xx Circa 1961
284xx - 3480x Circa 1962
3480x - 36511 1962
36512 - 48499 1963
48500 - 61180 1964
61181 - 73220 1965
73221 - 85308 1966
85309 - 94573 1967
94574 - 101420 1968


Circa 1965 - circa 1968
3-5 digits preceeded by an "S" printed on the label.

Serial number range Year
S100 - S2749 Circa 1965
S2750 - S5689 Circa 1966
S5690 - S12395 Circa 1967
S12396 - S14161 Circa 1968


1969 - 1973
6 digits printed on the label.

Serial number range Year
101421 - 107812 1969
107813 - 114606 1970
114607 - 123554 1971
123555 - 133292 1972
133292 - 141xxx 1973


1973 - 1985
6 digits most (but not all) preceeded by "54".

Serial number range Year
54141xxx - 54142706 1973
54142707 - 54151341 1974
54151342 - 54159026 1975
54159027 - 54167089 1976
54167090 - 54174xxx 1977
54174xxx - 54182xxx Circa 1978
54182xxx - 54189xxx Circa 1979
54189xxx - 54197xxx Circa 1980
54197xxx - 54204xxx Circa 1981
54204xxx - 54212xxx Circa 1982
54212xxx - 54220xxx Circa 1983
54220xxx - 54227xxx Circa 1984
54227xxx - 54239xxx Circa 1985


1985 - 1989
6 digits preceeded by "1-".

Serial number range Year
1-001001 - 1-003249 1985
1-003250 - 1-009725 1986
1-009726 - 1-013131 1987
1-013132 - 1-016664 1988
1-016665 - 1-020653 1989


1989
40th Anniversary series.

Serial number range Year
1 - 286 1989


1990
6 digits preceeded by "1-".

Serial number range Year
1-020654 - 1-024229 1990