Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/24

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Subject: [Leica] Re: serial number asterisk
From: David Prakel <dprakel@rochester.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 07:22:31 -0400

on 24/7/00 3:01 am, Frank Filippone at
owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us wrote:

> Suppsedly a duplicate serial number....there are 2 lenses with that precise
> number.
> Same is true for bodies.
> 
> Legend or fact?  I have never seen a pair, so I don;t know.

I thought you'd never get to see a pair as the asterisk serial duplicate was
only issued after the original bearer of the number - be that lens or camera
- - had been destroyed or written off after failing quality checks for
instance.

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David Prakel

dprakel@rochester.rr.com