VARIATIONS

1910:  #1870 has back stamp "ING-RICH" AUTO TAG/

       B.S. CO., 52 STATE ST., CHI., & BEAVER FALLS, PA.

1913:  1-3-digits have 1 3/8" diameter seal,

       4-5-digits have 1 5/8" diameter seal.

       Type 1 - Thin border, yellow-green      1 - 34523   [35,000]

       Type 2 - Wide border, apple green   35607 - 54724   (19,118)

1915:  Type 1 - Closed "C" of "MICH"     1 - 6510, 95515 - E6092

       Type 2 - Open   "C" of "MICH" 56709 - 63172

1916:  Type 1 - Close legends, 1 1/2" narrow date      1 - 77862

       Type 2 - Wide legends, 1 5/8" wide date     80897 - F2563

1916, 1918 seals have solid circle at bottom; others have donut.

1919:  Type 1 - Open   "C" of "MICH" (mixed) 

       Type 2 - Closed "C" of "MICH" (mixed)

       Type 3 - Heavy 1918 steel, different position holes U6789

1921:

Type 1 - 4 slots, 7 1/2" apart          100-000 - 466-792

Type 2 - 2 slots at top, 6 1/2" apart   471-035 - 475-832   (4,798)

1923:  Type 1 - Legend at right     GAP     Type 2 - Legend at left     GAP

                1 -     964          776          1-741 -   9-658        396

           10-055 -  60-228        2,550         62-779 -  90-700     12,572

          103-273 - 151-194        9,690        160-885 - 730-397

          (99,060 P = 13.6%)                   (605,353 P = 82.9%)

1923:  496-812 restamped over 396-812.

1924:

Type 1 - 2 top & bottom slots         1 - 848-753   (848,753 P)

Type 2 - 4 top slots only       854-007 - 878-952    (24,946 P)

1925:

Type 1 - 2 top slots only              1 -  99-999    (99,999 P)

Type 2 - 4 top slots only        100-000 - 897-459   (797,460 P)

Type 3 - 4 top & bottom slots    900-170 - 995-388    (95,219 P)

1926:

Type 1 - 2 top & bottom slots              1 -      915       (915 P)

Type 2 - 4 top & bottom slots        156-116 -  888-220   (732,105 P)

Type 3 - Restamped 1924, 4 top slots 888-548 -  899-813    (11,266 P)

Type 2a                              900-544 -  999-610    (99,067 P)

Type 4 - 4 top, 2 bottom slots          M100 -   M9-999     (9,900 P)

Type 2b                              M10-000 -  M99-999    (90,000 P)

Type 5 - As Type 2, but thin dies   M100-000 - M132-301    (32,302 P)

1929:  5-digit has 6 1/4" "MICHIGAN" with 7/8" "M", 2 7/8" date,

       7-digit has 6 1/2" "MICHIGAN" with 3/4" "M", 3" date

1932:  A,B,C,D,F have thin die letter, E normal thickness.

1934:  Type 1 - Far dates, outside slots

           A 13051, B 39784, C 35861, F 45028, G 49031, H 18437,

           J 15755, K 66102, L 22616, M 68018, O 56675, S 51743,

           V 49127, W 87257, X 86067, Y 32860, Vv18385 - Vv49127

       Type 2 - Near dates, under slots (26,347 P)

           A 15931, G 55322, H 18568 - H 19023, K 70175,

           M 73555 - M 73908, O 66508 - O 67230, U 13664 - 38473, X 94979

1937:  Hyphen   11-361 - 24-955

       No hyphen 4 837 - 7 308, 50 415 - 97 130

1938:  Date at left or right, as follows

 "1938 MICHIGAN"       GAP      "MICHIGAN 1938"

      1 -  99 678

    A 1 - A 17809

    B 1 - B 39171     1,097    B 40269 - B 42445  (2,177)

    C 1 - C 39658

    D 1 - D 14691

    E 1 - E 10735

    F 1 - F 64819

    G 1 - G 47847     2,659    G 50507 - G 87557 (37,051) (G 90404?)

    H 1 - H 12793     2,426    H 15220 - H 22181  (6,962)

    J 1 - J 11670     3,442    J 15113 - J 20229  (5,117)

    K 1 - K 49678     2,626    K 52305 - K 96419 (44,115)

    L 1 - L 31207             (L 34696?)

    M 1 - M 57460    13,442    M 70903 - M 96006 (25,104)

    N 1 -  N 4388

    O 1 - O 55886    16,889    O 72776 - O 98320 (25,545) (O 99061?)

    P 1 -   P

    R 1 -   R 962

    S 1 - S 44523     4,685    S 49209 - S 78290 (29,082)

    T 1 -  T 7037              (T 9368?)

    U 1 - U 28930     2,876    U 31807 - U 57423 (25,617)

    V 1 -  V 6094

    W 1 - W 39986     1,128    W 41115 - W 96142 (55,028)

    X 1 - X 20940     9,860    X 30801 - X 72090 (41,290)

    Y 1 - Y 97969

    Z 1 - Z 37878    11,980    Z 49859 - Z 68710 (18,852)

 (841,809 = 67.8%)                      (315,940 = 25.5%)(TOTAL 1,240,267)

   Aa 1 -  Aa 710

   Ff 1 -   Ff 82              (Ff 202?)

   Vv 1 - Vv37740     4,215    Vv41956 - Vv49312  (7,358)

Vv50858 - Vv68123     1,545

1939:  Die variations seen in letters M and W.

1948:  Large date or small date.

1950:  Small date or large date.

1954:  Type 1 - Bolt holes, all 83 counties

                EZ-14-91, FP-10-05, GP-76-15, GX-94-12, HJ-41-44,

                HY-31-70, JD-29-72, JL-21-57, JT-53-92, KE-23-38,

                KJ-37-87, KP-53-75, KU-36-72, KZ-35-67, LC-39-10,

                LG-35-24, LJ-47-03, LM-63-65, LR-67-81, LS-84-35,

                LV-57-50, LW-15-98, LY-41-80, MB-62-93, MD-42-52,

                ME-90-04, MG-87-04, MK-32-22, MM-11-76, MP-31-36,

                MS-16-82, MU-44-14, MW-29-70, MX-79-65, NA-97-14,

                NC-85-70, NE-78-86, NH-62-09, NJ-12-03, NL-93-53,

                NN-54-89, NR-85-12, NT-95-47, NV-81-68, NX-79-83,

                PA-36-05, PC-60-70, PE-71-47, PG-31-40, PJ-37-30,

                PL-24-77, PN-45-99, PS-52-94, PV-13-14, PW-50-72,

                PY-48-75, RA-32-25, RN-40-39, RV-31-31, SA-34-07,

                SD-31-87, SK-46-47, SM-14-86, SU-31-80, SY-13-65,

                WN-49-23, WX-13-00

               (Verify RC,RE,RG,RJ,RL,RR,RT,RX,SF,SH,SP,SS,SW,TA,TC,TE)

       Type 2 - Bolt slots, late issues in 10 counties

                FP-96-04 - FP-97-31, LN-79-49, LR-82-66, LZ-64-16,

                MP-75-27, MW-36-76 - MW-38-79, ND-22-69,

                WR-22-00 - WR-90-62                           (7,200 S)

1957:  Type 1 - 1956 dies, all 83 counties including 

                EY-8672, HB-7295, JR-1614, KK-6827, LK-4452, MW-2930,

                PE-3701, UV-2405, WM-5195

       Type 2 - 1958-64 dies, late issues in 9 counties

                FA-4264 - FC-9542, HC-8314 - HD-1111, JS-2213 - JS-3905,

                KS-5832 - KS-6569, LK-9206 - LL-6965, MW-3916 - MW-4148,

                PF-9814 - PG-6103, UV-3812 - UV-3942, WM-6166 - WM-6288

                                                              (39,795 P)

1958:  Type 1 - Uniform slogan height, all 83 counties including

                DR-2471, DS-9321, EF-1511, EF-5443, KR-8867, VU-6140,

                VV-1911,1950,1952,1958,1983,1993,2011,2027

       Type 2 - Taller "WATER" than "WONDERLAND"

                DS-1199, DS-3175, EF-1404, KT-1291,

                VV-1859,1896,1916,1939,1953,1984,1990,2002,2010,2014,2030

1959:  Type 1 - Large 1962 slogan

       Type 2 - Small 1958 Type 1 slogan

1962:  Type 1 - Large 5 1/2" rounded "MICHIGAN"

(62)   Type 2 - Small 5 9/16" rounded "MICHIGAN"

(64)   Type 3 - Large, squared "MICHIGAN" and slogan

1965:  Type 1 - 1958-64 dies, thin hyphen

       Type 2 - 1966-83 dies, thin hyphen

       Type 3 - 1966-83 dies, thick hyphen

       No hyphen XA 2586, hyphen XA-5310

1968:  Type 1 - Unpainted back

       Type 2 - Green back

       Type 3 - Unpainted, pink-tinted back

1969:  Type 1 - Unpainted back

       Type 2 - Maroon back

1970:  BNM-849 has inverted "W" for "M".

1973:  TTG-158 large date, TLT-047, TTT-606 normal date.

1979:  Small 5 5/8" slogan  BKL-838 - VTX-838  (mixed)

       Large 6 1/4" slogan  DWG-313 - 720-ZMD  (mixed)

2013:  CPJ 4047, DAA 0000 - DAH 2471 (72,472) have UR sticker box,

       CPK 2001 - CPS 0374 (68,374), DAN 6654 have no sticker box.

       CKD0809 - CKD0856 no space, CKA 8795, CKE 0342 normal.

BRIDGE:  No sticker boxes, "MONTH" and "YEAR" legends 3EW F48

         No sticker boxes, no legends       8FE Y87 - 0FF F82

         Sticker box UR, no legends         2FM J56 - 3FR N62

STICKER VARIATIONS

1972-88:  Year has "No." on serials below 1 000000.

1989-98:  Year starts at 0 000001.

1974-96:  Year has 2 types of watermarks.

1980-99:  Month has 3 types of watermarks, 2 dimensions.

1986, 1988-89, 1992-93:  Year has 2 font styles on serial.

1991:  Year has 2 different dimensions.

1997 YEAR: Type 1 - Thick date  0 000001 - 6 915878

           Type 2 - Thin date   8 085814 - 9 357052

           Type 1a              9 558165 - 9 981567

1998 YEAR:

Nov.96     Type 1 - Year only,  1"     x 1 1/2"  (All months)

9/18/97    Type 2 - Year only,  1 1/4" x 1 1/2"  (APR-DEC)

Jan.98     Type 3 - Month/Year, 1 1/4" x 1 1/2"  (JUN-DEC)

1999 YEAR: Type 1 - Year only,  1"     x 1 1/2"  (JAN-AUG)

           Type 2 - Month/Year, 1 1/4" x 1 1/2"  (All months)

2000:      Type 1 - Month/Year (All months)

Jul.00     Type 2 - Month only (NOV-DEC)

Jul.00     Type 3 - Month only, full exp. date below (SEP-DEC)

2001:      Type 1 - Month/Year (All months, two different fonts)

Jul.00     Type 2 - Month only, full exp. date below (JAN-AUG)

Aug.00     Type 3 - Month only, year date below (All months)

2004:      Two different fonts for year date

2023:      Type 1 - Large month, small year    (JAN-DEC)

           Type 2 - Vertical month, large year (APR-DEC)

2024:      Type 1 - Large month, small year    (JAN)

           Type 2 - Vertical month, large year