Re: [CR]Date Stamp on Regina Gran Sport Corse Freewheel

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Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 13:49:28 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Date Stamp on Regina Gran Sport Corse Freewheel
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Dave Field wrote:
>
> Greetings Group,
>
> I have an Regina Gran Sport Corse 5 speed freewheel, 14-26, the back side
> of the 26 tooth cog is stamped "554". I was wondering if this is a date
> stamp of May 1954? Any ideas? Thank you.

I would say, in my non expert opinion, that typically three digit date stamps would consist of the last two digits of the year followed by the digit of the month. So "554" would equal 1955 and April. But I could be wrong about this too.

Chuck "don't quote me on that" Schmidt SoPas, SoCal