Zippo Lighter Dating Guide
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Year |
Regular Lighter | Slim Lighter | ||
| Left Side | Right Side | Left Side | Right Side | |
| 1932 | Patent Pending | |||
| 1937 | Patent | 2032695 | ||
| 1950 | Patent | 2517191 | ||
| 1957 | Full stamp with | patent pending | . . . . | . . . . |
| 1958 | Full stamp, no | patent pending | . . . . | . . . . |
| 1958 | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . |
| 1959 | . . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
| 1960 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . |
| 1961 | . . . | . . | . . | . . |
| 1962 | . . | . . | . . | . |
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| 1966 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1967 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1968 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1969 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1970 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1971 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1972 | | | | | | | | |
| 1973 | | | | | ||
| 1974 | //// | //// | //// | //// |
| 1975 | //// | /// | //// | /// |
| 1976 | /// | /// | /// | /// |
| 1977 | /// | // | /// | // |
| 1978 | // | // | // | // |
| 1979 | / | // | // | / |
| 1980 | / | / | / | / |
| 1981 | / | / | ||
| 1982 | ........ | ........ | ........ | ........ |
| 1983 | ........ | ...... | ........ | ...... |
| 1984 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... |
| 1985 | ...... | .... | ...... | .... |
| 1986 | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| 1986 | G to L | II | G to L | II |
| 1987 | A to L | III | A to L | III |
| 1988 | A to L | IV | A to L | IV |
| 1989 | A to L | V | A to L | V |
| 1990 | A to L | VI | A to L | VI |
| 1991 | A to L | VII | A to L | VII |
| 1992 | A to L | VIII | A to L | VIII |
| 1993 | A to L | IX | A to L | IX |
| 1994 | A to L | X | A to L | X |
| 1995 | A to L | XI | A to L | XI |
| 1996 | A to L | XII | A to L | XII |
| 1997 | A to L | XIII | A to L | XIII |
| 1998 | A to L | XIV | A to L | XIV |
| 1999 | A to L | XV | A to L | XV |
| 2000 | A to L | XVI | A to L | XVI |
| 2001 | A to L | 01 | A to L | 01 |
| 2002 | A to L | 02 | A to L | 02 |
| 2003 | A to L | 03 | A to L | 03 |
| 2004 | A to L | 04 | A to L | 04 |
| 2005 | A to L | 05 | A to L | 05 |
| 2006 | A to L | 06 | A to L | 06 |
| 2007 | A to L | 07 | A to L | 07 |
| 2008 | A to L | 08 | A to L | 08 |
| 2009 | A to L | 09 | A to L | 09 |
| 2010 | A to L | 10 | A to L | 10 |