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Leica Serial Numbers vs. Production Year

Leica Serial Numbers vs. Production Year

By: Thorsten Overgaard

This is the list of Leitz and Leica lens serial numbers (not cameras) and which year that lens was approximately produced. Also visit the Leica Lens Compendium and the Leica Camera Compendium.

For detailed reading and a complete range of serial numbers you may find the Leica Compendium by Erwin Puts helpful.

You may also look up a specific lens serial number at the French Summilux.net

Start S/N	End S/N	Production year
156 001	195 000	1933
195 001	236 000	1934
236 001	284 600	1935
284 601	345 000	1936
345 001	416 500	1937
416 501	490 000	1938
490 001	538 500	1939
538 501	565 000	1940
565 001	582 294	1941
582 295	593 000	1942
593 001	594 880	1943
594 881	595 000	1944
595 001	601 000	1945
601 001	633 000	1946
633 001	647 000	1947
647 001	682 000	1948
682 001	756 000	1949
756 001	840 000	1950
840 001	950 000	1951
950 001	1 051 000	1952
1 051 000	1 124 000	1953
1 124 001	1 236 000	1954
1 236 001	1 333 000	1955
1 333 001	1 459 000	1956
1 459 001	1 548 000	1957
1 548 001	1 645 300	1958
1 645 301	1 717 000	1959
1 717 001	1 827 000	1960
1 827 001	1 913 000	1961
1 913 001	1 967 100	1962
1 967 101	2 015 700	1963
2 015 701	2 077 500	1964
2 077 501	2 156 300	1965
2 156 301	2 236 500	1966
2 236 501	2 254 400	1967
2 254 401	2 312 750	1968
2 312 751	2 384 700	1969
2 384 701	2 468 500	1970
2 468 501	2 503 100	1971
2 503 101	2 556 500	1972
2 556 501	2 663 400	1973
2 663 401	2 731 900	1974
2 731 901	2 761 100	1975
2 761 101	2 809 400	1976
2 809 401	2 880 600	1977
2 880 601	2 967 250	1978
2 967 251	3 013 650	1979
3 013 651	3 087 000	1980
3 087 001	3 160 500	1981
3 160 501	3 249 100	1982
3 249 101	3 294 900	1983
3 294 901	3 346 200	1984
3 346 201	3 383 200	1985
3 383 201	3 422 890	1986
3 422 891	3 455 870	1987
3 455 871	3 478 900	1988
3 478 901	3 503 150	1989
3 503 151	3 540 467	1990
3 540 468	3 583 830	1991
3 585 831	3 610 680	1992
3 610 381	3 644 475	1993
3 644 476	3 677 030	1994
3 677 031	3 730 290	1995
3 730 291	3 770 920	1996
3 770 930	3 818 624	1997
3 818 625	3 857 849	1998
3 857 850	3 882 996	1999
3 882 997	3 912 247	2000
3 912 248	3 941 497	2001
3 941 498	3 970 748	2002
3 970 748	3 999 999	2003
4 000 000	4 010 600	2004
4 010 601	4 025 900	2005
4 025 901	4 034 900	2006
4 034 901	4 057 000	2007
4 057 001	4 080 000	2008
4 080 001		2009 -->

To be continued ...

– Thorsten Overgaard, May 2012

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