Epiphone Serial Codes
Number Only Serial Codes
5 DIGIT SERIAL(space after 1st digit, custom shop on back of headstock 1990-1999)
1st Digit = Last Digit of Year
last 4 Digits = Sequence Number
7 DIGIT SERIAL
(no factory code - manufactured by Samick, Korea 1984-1995)
1st Digit = Year (last number of decade - EX:9=89
2nd & 3rd Digit = Month
last 4 Digits = Sequence Number
8 & 9 DIGIT SERIAL (no factory code)
* manufactured by Samick in Korea in 1988 and 1990
10 DIGIT SERIAL
* 2008 models begin to appear without a factory i.d. letter prefix
1st & 2nd Digit = Year of manufacture
3rd & 4th Digit = Month of manufature
5th & 6th Digit = Factory I.D.
last 4 Digits = Ranking number
11 DIGIT SERIAL
1st & 2nd Digit = Year
3rd & 4th Digit = Month
5th & 6th Digit = Factory Code
Last 5 Digits = Sequence Number
(Example: 10061503720 = 3720th Guitar built in June 2010 at Qingdao factory in China)
Letter & Number Serial Codes
1 LETTER - 5 DIGITS (EX: T32222)Letter = Factory Code
1st Digit = Last Digit of Year
Last 4 Digits = Sequence Number
1 LETTER - 6 DIGITS (EX: Z051234)
Letter = Factory Code
1st & 2nd Digits = Year
Last 4 Digits = Sequence Number
2 LETTERS - 5 DIGITS (EX: CI21234)
2 Letters = Factory Code
1st Digit = Last Digit of Year
Last 4 Digits = Sequence Number
1 LETTER - 7 DIGITS (EX: S6031234)
Letter = Factory Code
1st Digit = Last Digit of Year
2nd & 3rd Digits = Month
Last 4 Digits = Sequence Number
2 LETTERS - 6 DIGITS (EX: R04E0123)
1st Letter = Factory Code
1st & 2nd Digit = Year
2nd Letter = Month
Last 4 Digits = Sequence Number
1 LETTER - 8 DIGITS (EX: C99040233)
Letter = Factory Code
1st & 2nd Digit = Year
3rd & 4th Digits = Month
Last 4 Digits = Sequence Number
2 LETTERS - 7 DIGITS (EX: S07C00122)
1st Letter = Factory Code
1st & 2nd Digit = Year
2nd Letter = Month
Last 5 Digits = Sequence Number
2 LETTERS - 8 DIGITS (EX: SI02060234)
2 Letters = Factory Code
1st & 2nd Digit = Year
3rd & 4th Digit = Month
Last 4 Digits = Sequence Number
2 LETTERS - 9 DIGITS (EX: SI02060234)
2 Letters = Factory Code
1st & 2nd Digit = Year
3rd & 4th Digit = Month
Last 5 Digits = Sequence Number
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