From these tables you can find out the age of your Schneider, Rodenstock or Goerz US lens.
Schneider |
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Serial Number |
Date |
|
Serial Number |
Date |
|
30,000 |
1919 |
|
7,000,000 |
1961 |
|
40,000 |
1920 |
|
8,000,000 |
1963 |
|
50,000 |
1922 |
|
9,000,000 |
1965 |
|
100,000 |
1925 |
|
10,500,000 |
1967 |
|
200,000 |
1928 |
|
11,000,000 |
1968 |
|
300,000 |
1929 |
|
11,500,000 |
1970 |
|
400,000 |
1931 |
|
12,000,000 |
1972 |
|
500,000 |
1932 |
|
12,500,000 |
1974 |
|
600,000 |
1933 |
|
13,000,000 |
1976 |
|
700,000 |
1934 |
|
13,200,000 |
1977 |
|
800,000 |
1935 |
|
13,400,000 |
1978 |
|
1,000,000 |
1936 |
|
13,600,000 |
1979 |
|
1,200,000 |
1937 |
|
13,800,000 |
1981 |
|
1,400,000 |
1938 |
|
14,000,000 |
1983 |
|
1,600,000 |
1939 |
|
14,100,000 |
1985 |
|
1,800,000 |
1942 |
|
14,200,000 |
1986 |
|
2,000,000 |
1948 |
|
14,300,000 |
1988 |
|
2,200,000 |
1949 |
|
14,400,000 |
1991 |
|
2,400,000 |
1950 |
|
14,460,000 |
1992 |
|
2,800,000 |
1951 |
|
14,500,000 |
1993 |
|
3,000,000 |
1952 |
|
14,520,000 |
1994 |
|
4,000,000 |
1954 |
|
14,560,000 |
1995 |
|
5,000,000 |
1957 |
|
14,620,000 |
1996 |
|
6,000,000 |
1959 |
|
14,730,000 |
2000 |
Rodenstock |
|
|
Serial Number |
Date |
|
50,000 |
1910 |
|
200,000 |
1920 |
|
400,000 |
1930 |
|
700,000 |
1935 |
|
900,000 |
1938 |
|
950,000 |
1940 |
|
2,000,000 |
1945 |
|
2,500,000 |
1952 |
|
3,000,000 |
1954 |
|
4,000,000 |
1957 |
|
5,000,000 |
1961 |
|
6,000,000 |
1966 |
|
7,000,000 |
1971 |
|
8,000,000 |
1973 |
|
9,000,000 |
1974 |
|
9,500,000 |
1977 |
|
10,000,000 |
1979 |
|
10,500,000 |
1984 |
|
11,000,000 |
1991 |
|
11,150,000 |
1993 |
|
11,231,713 |
1994 |
|
11,294,073 |
1995 |
|
11,358,165 |
1996 |
|
11,407,513 |
1997 |
|
11,468,541 |
1998 |
Goerz US | |
|
Serial Number |
Date |
|
70001-140935 |
1902-1903 |
|
150000-190170 |
1903-1905 |
|
200941-224267 |
1906-1908 |
|
223775-226630 |
1908-1909 |
|
310001-315734 |
1911-1914 |
|
315735-320000 |
1914-1918 |
|
751240-756909 |
1927-1937 |
|
756910-765730 |
1937-1945 |
|
765730-771199 |
1945-1948 |
|
771200-780169 |
1948-1954 |
|
791500 |
1955 |