Date for a 99K?
01-16-2016, 12:41 PM
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Date for a 99K?
Hi everyone,
I just bought a Singer 99 hand-crank machine (thanks to a member of our Colorado vintage machine group) and I can't figure out how old it is. The serial number seems to be F716xxx, which according to the ISMACS site should be a 15K.
This is definitely a 99. I thought it might be an E rather than F but there aren't any E machines without a second letter.
Ideas?
Ila
I just bought a Singer 99 hand-crank machine (thanks to a member of our Colorado vintage machine group) and I can't figure out how old it is. The serial number seems to be F716xxx, which according to the ISMACS site should be a 15K.
This is definitely a 99. I thought it might be an E rather than F but there aren't any E machines without a second letter.
Ideas?
Ila
01-16-2016, 01:04 PM
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F716XXXX is a 99K, check to make sure you have the correct number of digits. That one would be from 1916.
This throws a lot of people off, they look for F716. . . and stop when they get there, not realizing that it goes from
F 000,000 to F 9,999,999. Which means you'll find F 716,XXX and F 7,16X, XXX. It's even worse with the G series.
This throws a lot of people off, they look for F716. . . and stop when they get there, not realizing that it goes from
F 000,000 to F 9,999,999. Which means you'll find F 716,XXX and F 7,16X, XXX. It's even worse with the G series.
01-16-2016, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Macybaby
F716XXXX is a 99K, check to make sure you have the correct number of digits. That one would be from 1916.
This throws a lot of people off, they look for F716. . . and stop when they get there, not realizing that it goes from
F 000,000 to F 9,999,999. Which means you'll find F 716,XXX and F 7,16X, XXX. It's even worse with the G series.
This throws a lot of people off, they look for F716. . . and stop when they get there, not realizing that it goes from
F 000,000 to F 9,999,999. Which means you'll find F 716,XXX and F 7,16X, XXX. It's even worse with the G series.
01-16-2016, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Cari-in-Oly
Me too. Certainly more probable, but I just wanted to throw out an alternate theory, as it is possible.
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01-17-2016, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Macybaby
F716XXXX is a 99K, check to make sure you have the correct number of digits. That one would be from 1916.
This throws a lot of people off, they look for F716. . . and stop when they get there, not realizing that it goes from
F 000,000 to F 9,999,999. Which means you'll find F 716,XXX and F 7,16X, XXX. It's even worse with the G series.
This throws a lot of people off, they look for F716. . . and stop when they get there, not realizing that it goes from
F 000,000 to F 9,999,999. Which means you'll find F 716,XXX and F 7,16X, XXX. It's even worse with the G series.
Luckily, I could say "Why is it a 15 then and not a 221?"
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