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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 704, member: 44"]I also found the following:</p><p><br /></p><p>"Many Seth Thomas clocks from 1881 to 1918 have a date code stamped in ink on the case back or bottom. Usually, the year is done in reverse, followed by a letter A–L representing the month. For example, April 1897 would appear as 7981 D."</p><p><br /></p><p>I bet those numbers and letter stamped on the back is the date code. The numbers, should be 4 numbers, would be the year in reverse and if a "K" would be for the 11th month, November. On the following page scroll between 1/2 to 2/3rds of the way down the page to the pic of the Seth Thomas factory "America's oldest clockmaker Since 1813". The above paragraph is below the pic and below the paragraph is a pic of a back of a clock showing the reverse numbers and letter. Do click the picture of the numbers to see it better and to see how it is read.</p><p><a href="http://www.clockguy.com/SiteRelated/SiteReferencePages/SethThomasHistory.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.clockguy.com/SiteRelated/SiteReferencePages/SethThomasHistory.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.clockguy.com/SiteRelated/SiteReferencePages/SethThomasHistory.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 704, member: 44"]I also found the following: "Many Seth Thomas clocks from 1881 to 1918 have a date code stamped in ink on the case back or bottom. Usually, the year is done in reverse, followed by a letter A–L representing the month. For example, April 1897 would appear as 7981 D." I bet those numbers and letter stamped on the back is the date code. The numbers, should be 4 numbers, would be the year in reverse and if a "K" would be for the 11th month, November. On the following page scroll between 1/2 to 2/3rds of the way down the page to the pic of the Seth Thomas factory "America's oldest clockmaker Since 1813". The above paragraph is below the pic and below the paragraph is a pic of a back of a clock showing the reverse numbers and letter. Do click the picture of the numbers to see it better and to see how it is read. [url]http://www.clockguy.com/SiteRelated/SiteReferencePages/SethThomasHistory.html[/url] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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