Meinl Serial Numbers
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Decoding Meinl Serial Numbers
According to the Meinl Wiki, serial numbers were first added to their cymbals (by laser etching) in 2002.
Originally there were 8 digits in the number, with the first number being the last digit of the year.
For example: 40987615 would be from 2004.
2005
2006
Currently Meinl is using a 9 digit number, with the first 2 digits being the year.
For example: 161287908 would be from 2016.
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Usually the serial number can be found in the 12 O'Clock position.
However, sometimes there isn't enough space in that area of the cymbal, so it is applied in the 3 o'clock position.
